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

Noun

drops of water that form on the ground or on a cool surface at night from vapour in the air [Old English dēaw]

dewy adj

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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

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dew [djuː] n → rosée f

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dew [djuː] n → Tau m

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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