DEW

DEW

abbr.

distant early warning

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dew  (d, dy)

n.

1. Water droplets condensed from the air, usually at night, onto cool surfaces.

2. Something moist, fresh, pure, or renewing: "The timely dew of sleep/. . . inclines/Our eye-lids" (John Milton).

3. Moisture, as in the form of tears or perspiration, that appears in small drops.

tr.v. dewed, dew·ing, dews

To wet with or as if with dew.

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[Middle English deu, from Old English daw; see dheu-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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dew [djuː]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)

a.  drops of water condensed on a cool surface, esp at night, from vapour in the air

b.  (in combination) dewdrop

2. something like or suggestive of this, esp in freshness the dew of youth

3. small drops of moisture, such as tears

vb

(tr) Poetic to moisten with or as with dew

[Old English dēaw; related to Old High German tou dew, Old Norse dögg]

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dew  (d)

Water droplets condensed from the air, usually at night, onto cool surfaces near the ground. Dew forms when the temperature of the surfaces falls below the dew point of the surrounding air, usually due to radiational cooling. See also frost.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dew - water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air; "in the morning the grass was wet with dew" condensate, condensation - atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

Translations

dew [djuː] N → rocío m

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dew [ˈdjuː] n → rosée f

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dew

n → Tau m

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dew:

dewberry

n → Brombeere f

dewclaw

n → Afterkralle f, → Afterklaue f

dewdrop

n → Tautropfen m

dewfall

n (poet, liter) → Taufall m; (= film of dew) → Tauschleier m (poet)

dewlap

n (on cow) → Wamme f; (hum, on person) → Doppelkinn nt

dew point

n (Phys) → Taupunkt m

dew pond

n flacher Teich, der sich aus Regenwasser bildet

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dew [djuː] n → rugiada

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dew

n dew [djuː]

tiny drops of moisture coming from the air as it cools, especially at night The grass is wet with early-morning dew. dou نَدى роса rosa dug der Tau πρωινή δροσιά, πάχνη rocío kaste شبنم kaste rosée טַל ओस rosa harmat embun dögg rugiada 露 이슬 rasa rasa embun dauw dogg rosa orvalho rouă роса rosa rosa rosa dagg น้ำค้าง çiğ 露水 роса شبنم sương 露水