deg

D2E1G2
/dɛɡ/

verb

To sprinkle, moisten.

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Meanings

deg1

noundeg (countable and uncountable, plural degs)

plural degs

  1. abbreviationcountablemathematicsAbbreviation of degree.
  2. abbreviationclippinguncountablehobbiesClipping of degradation.

deg2

verbdeg (third-person singular simple present degs, present participle degging, simple past and past participle degged)

present singular third person degs · participle present degging · participle past degged · past degged

  1. Northern EnglanddialectalTo sprinkle, moisten.

    Degged with dew, dappled with dew / Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, / Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, / And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

    1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 53

DEG3

nounDEG (countable and uncountable, plural DEGs)

plural DEGs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableastronomyInitialism of dwarf elliptical galaxy.

    Synonyms: dE

  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of diethylene glycol.

dEG4

noundEG (plural dEGs)

plural dEGs · alternative DEG

  1. abbreviationinitialismastronomyInitialism of dwarf elliptical galaxy.

    Synonyms: dE

Synonyms & antonyms

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dediethylene glycol

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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Chicago

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