"dreep" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɹiːp/ [UK] Forms: dreeps [present, singular, third-person], dreeping [participle, present], dreeped [participle, past], dreeped [past], dreap [alternative]
Rhymes: -iːp Etymology: Borrowed from Scots dreep. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|sco:dreep|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Scots", "term" : "dreep", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sco" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dreep", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dreep"> Borrowed from Scots dreep. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreeping, simple past and past participle dreeped)
  1. (Scotland) To lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance. Tags: Scotland

Verb [Scots]

IPA: /drip/ Forms: dreeps [present, singular, third-person], dreepin [participle, present], dreepit [participle, past], dreepit [past]
Etymology: From Middle English drepen (“to drip, lower”), from Old English drēopan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|sco|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|sco|enm|drepen|id=to drop|t=to drip, lower}} Middle English drepen (“to drip, lower”), {{inh|sco|ang|drēopan}} Old English drēopan Head templates: {{sco-verb/getPres3rdSg|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreeps, {{sco-verb/getPresP|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepin, {{sco-verb/getPast|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{sco-verb/getPastP|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{sco-verb/getPast|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{sco-verb/getPast|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{sco-verb/getPastP|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{sco-verb/getPast|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{sco-verb/getPastP|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit|}} dreepit, {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|dreeps|present participle|dreepin|simple past and past participle|dreepit|||head=}} dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreepin, simple past and past participle dreepit), {{sco-verb|dreeps|dreepin|dreepit}} dreep (third-person singular simple present dreeps, present participle dreepin, simple past and past participle dreepit)
  1. to drip
    Sense id: en-dreep-sco-verb-TSRT7l1k
  2. to drain, strain (food etc.)
    Sense id: en-dreep-sco-verb-QM90sZPF
  3. to soak
    Sense id: en-dreep-sco-verb-krlDFnoe Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 26 13 45 16
  4. to drop (oneself) down from a height
    Sense id: en-dreep-sco-verb-TAKadhxp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.