re / ree / rhe / ri / rig [ri:]
re – n. – 1. a shortened form of rupee; 2. reinsurance
DNCW re [rei] – n. – 1. Music the second note of the hexachord scale developed by Guido d’Arezzo, also in the later major scale and fourth note of the minor scale; prep. in the matter of referring to, subsequently,
ree (reeve) – adj., n. & v. – adj. – 1. intoxicated; 2. difficult to control, frenzied, crazed; n. – 1. a female ruff, Philomachus pugnax; 2. a stream, brook or small river; 3. a walled enclosure for domestic animals, also used generally for an enclosure; 3. a sieve used for grains or pulses; 4. a horse command to tell it to turn right; v. – 1. sift or clean grain; 2. disobey commands, be obstinate
rhe – n. physics – a unit of fluidity in different respects
ri – n. – 1. a unit of distance equal to approximately 3.93 kilometer in East Asia but in Korea before the 20th Century it also represented 450 meters; 2. in ancient Japan and Korea – the smallest rural jurisdiction
rig – n. – an ancient, Irish king
DNCW rig [rɪg] – n. & v. – n. – 1. a vertebrate spine; 2. center line; 3. naut. a configuration of masts and sails; 4. a prostitute; 5. a fraudulent scheme or venture; 6. a dogfish of various species; v. – 1. put a roof on a building and put a ridge on a roof; 2. prepare military personnel for service; 3. search diligently; 4. behave immodestly; 5. deceive, mock, tease