English Explanatory Dictionary

dew

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
  2. Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
  3. An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
  4. Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
  5. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
verb
  1. To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
  2. To deposit dew.
noun
  1. Acronym of Distant Early Warning.
noun
  1. Initialism of directed-energy weapon.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas, United States.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒuː/ /djuː/ /duː/ /dɪu̯/ en-us-dew.ogg en-uk-dew.ogg

Word forms

dew dews dewing dewed

Etymology

From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew, moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with German Tau, Dutch dauw and Afrikaans dou. Doublet of dag.

Synonyms

rore

Related words

bedew DEW line death ray heat ray laser maser ray gun

Derived words

dew-beater dewberry dewcap dewclaw dewclawed dew computing dew-drink dewdrop dew-eyed dewfall dew-fall dewless dewlike dew point dew poison dewret dewretting dewshine dew water dewworm honeydew mountain dew peppadew sundew
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