DEWEY meaning: Library classification system by subject

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word dewey:

General (13 matching dictionaries)

Dewey: Merriam-Webster
Dewey: Collins English Dictionary
Dewey: Vocabulary.com
Dewey, dewey: Wordnik
Dewey: Wiktionary
Dewey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Dewey: Infoplease Dictionary
dewey: Dictionary.com
Dewey (deer), Dewey (given name), Dewey (surname), Dewey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Dewey: Rhymezone
dewey: FreeDictionary.org
dewey: Mnemonic Dictionary
Dewey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Dewey: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

dewey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Dewey: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dewey)

▸ noun:  A surname from Old French.
▸ noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1890s American usage.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  A part of Dewey-Humboldt, Yavapai County, Arizona, previously unincorporated.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Polk County, Missouri, named after George Dewey.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.
▸ noun:  A city in Washington County, Oklahoma, named after George Dewey.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Custer County, South Dakota.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Grand County, Utah.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
▸ noun:  A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town in Portage County, Wisconsin, named after George Dewey.
▸ noun:  A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  (US, slang, humorous, uncommon) A charge of DUI.

Similar:

John Dewey, Dewitt, Flowerdew, Dews, Dewhurst, Dewald, Dewell, Dewalt, Deweerd, Dorey, more...

Opposite:

dry, arid, parched, desiccated, moistureless

Types:

decimal, library, more...

Phrases:

John Dewey, dewey decimal, admiral dewey, George Dewey, Dewey Decimal Classification, more...

Adjectives:

american, young, republican, old, presidential, late, former, educational, early, compare, famous

Colors:

mint, seafoam, aqua, turquoise, teal, more...