Meanings
dy1
- obsoleteObsolete form of die.
The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
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dy3
- IndiaabbreviationattributiveAbbreviation of deputy.
SBI dy manager in police net for helping cyber cons, 15th banker to be held this yr
2024 July 4, Mahesh Buddi, “SBI dy manager in police net for helping cyber cons, 15th banker to be held this yr”, in Times of India, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024
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Synonyms & antonyms
nouna trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
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Origin
dy · verb
- Middle Englishdyen
- Englishdy
From Middle English dyen, variant of dien (“to die”). More at die.
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Full word history & related roots →Dy · proper noun
- Khmerឌី
- EnglishDy
From Khmer ឌី (dii).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
dy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dy
“dy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dy.
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