(transitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To suffer; bear; endure; put up with; undergo.

(now chiefly dialectal) Long; large; ample; great. / (now chiefly dialectal) Great; of serious moment. / (now chiefly dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.

(now chiefly dialectal) Length; extension; the longest part. / (archaic, chiefly dialectal) Trouble, grief, suffering.

present participle of dree

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dree

A surname.

(UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To submit to one's fate.

present participle of dree one's weird

simple past tense and past participle of dree

(Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.