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51dear me — {interj.} Used to show surprise, fear, or some other strong feeling. * /Dear me! My purse is lost, what shall I do now?/ …
52dear me — interjection An expression of surprise, dismay, or indulgent disapproval. Dear me, said Mrs. Flanders, when she read in the Scarborough and Harrogate Courier that the Rev. Andrew Floyd, etc., etc., had been made Principal of Maresfield House,… …
53dear — adj. Dear is used with these nouns: ↑father, ↑friend, ↑mother, ↑sister, ↑soul, ↑wife …
54dear — I Everyday English Slang in Ireland adj expensive II Irish Slang expensive III Jamaican Slang Glossary Expensive. Dat cost dear. (That is very expensive.) …
55dear — [OE] Dear is one of the English language’s more semantically stable words. By the 11th century it had already developed its two major present day senses, ‘much loved’ and ‘expensive’, which are shared by its Germanic relative, German teuer (Dutch …
56dear — See: for dear life …
57dear\ me — interj. Used to show surprise, fear, or some other strong feeling. Dear me! My purse is lost, what shall I do now? …
58dear — dɪə n. loved one, dear one; term of endearment adj. favorite, precious, beloved; costly, expensive adv. at a high price, expensively interj. exclamation of surprise or distress …
59dear — 1. Beloved. Aloha. ♦ Dear Mr. Smith, iā oe ē Kamaka, aloha kāua. 2. Costly. Pipi i. 3. Exclamation. Auē, auwē! …
60dear(ie)(y) me! — Mild excl. Also oh dear! …