dew en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /duː/ yod-dropping
- /djuː/ non-yod-coalescence
- /dɪu̯/ (Canada, Wales)
- (UK) audio
- /d͡ʒuː/ yod-coalescence
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
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(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
1624, John Donne, “19. Prayer”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 508:Tree don't care what the little bird sings / We go down with the dew in the morning light / The tree don't know what the little bird brings / We go down with the dew in the morning
2013, “We No Who U R”, in Warren Ellis, Nick Cave (lyrics), Push the Sky Away, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:And Gideon said vnto God, If thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Beholde, I will put a fleece of wooll in the floore: and if the deaw be on the fleece onely, and it bee drie vpon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt saue Israel by my hande, as thou hast said. And it was so: for he rose vp early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the deaw out of the fleece, a bowle full of water. And Gideon said vnto God, Let not thine anger be hote against me, and I will speake but this once: Let mee prooue, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece. Let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and vpon all the ground let there be deaw. And God did so that night: for it was drie vpon the fleece onely, and there was deaw on all the ground.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 6:36–40:
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(countable, qualifier:but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
There was a heavy dew this morning.
On their entrance, Aylmer was greeted by a new surprise—his daughter Lucy, whom he very naturally supposed was quietly in her bed, lay on the window-seat, the casement open, and herself asleep; but the traces of tears were upon her cheek, and her long fair hair loose, and yet saturated with the dews of the night.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 72:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
the golden dew of sleep
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
Thy people ſhalbe willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holineſſe from the wombe of the morning: thou haſt the dew of thy youth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 110:3:the dew of his youth
1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| dews | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dewshine · dewretting · honeydew · dewdrop · dew-fall · mountain dew · dewlike · dew-eyed · dewclawed · dew-beater · dew point · dewret · dew water · peppadew · dew computing · dewberry · dewcap · dewless · sundew · dew-drink · dewfall · dewworm · dewclaw · dew poison
Synonyms
Translations (245)
cjs арчы (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mrj лыпш (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es sereno (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hy ցող (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · oc rosada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bcl tunog (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mt nida (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · la rōs (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ga drúcht (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · et kaste (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sk rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ast orbayu (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ky шүүдүрүм (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es rociada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fr rosée (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · grc δρόσος (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sdh ئاوِنگ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sc lentore (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sl rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ur ژالَہ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tg шабнам (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ro rouă (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · or କାକର (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mvv bolobou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fa-ira بَژْم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · dta suidur (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ca rosada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ist ruzàda (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · om fixeensa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es recencellada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bn শবনম (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ckb خوناو (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ast rosada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · el δροσιά (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · za raiz (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · aho 𑜃𑜩𑜐𑜫 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ht laroze (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cjm ꨆꨆꨶꨮꩉ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ms nyamur (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fa-ira ژالِه (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hrx Daa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cs rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · yi טוי (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ca rou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es cenceñada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ru роси́нка (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lou séren (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi kōpata (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · kmr avî (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ckb ئاوِنگ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · udm лысву (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ja 露 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bdr ambun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · rm rugada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mel mun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sv dagg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · izh kasse (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fa-ira اَفْشَک (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sa अवश्या (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tr çiy (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · av щуб (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · grc ἕρση (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es relente (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · az jalə (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hi नम (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · za naiz (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · rsk роса (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · yue 露水 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi haukū (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · non dǫgg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tk çyg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · nl dauw (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cy gwlith (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · eu garo (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mk роса (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sh ròsa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sw umande (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · nb dugg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ba ысыҡ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · clt aduo (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · duu nvmnor (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pac lataq tulúc (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi haunui (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi hautōrua (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tr şebnem (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ani щиб (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hu harmat (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fi kaste (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · shn ၼၢႆး (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · da dug (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · kmr xunav (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sc saghina (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pa ਤਰੇਲ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · dsb rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · vi sương (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tg жола (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sh ро̀са (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es cencellada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · zne ure (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tab чиг (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · dng лўфи (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · az nəmçik (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · az şeh (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cmn 露水 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sc sanenu (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sne jumieh (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · kpv лысва (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hsb rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hi ओस (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · nb dogg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · uz shabnam (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ii ꍑꒉ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gl resío (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ltg rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · inh тхир (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lo ນ້ຳຄ້າງ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ang dēaw (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mr दव (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cpg σ̌άγι (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mnc ᠰᡳᠯᡝᠩᡤᡳ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi hautaorua (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gl orballo (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lo ເໝີຍ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pox rösă (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · enm dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fur rosade (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lki ئاڤێ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · rue роса́ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lv rasa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hy շաղ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · as নিয়ৰ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cu ⱃⱁⱄⰰ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · str so,sX̱ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pt orvalho (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mww lwg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ar نَدَى (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lt rasa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · rup aroauã (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pt sereno (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · nv dahtooʼ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi haukōpata (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pdt Deiw (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es roción (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · nn dogg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · izh kasi (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ceb yamog (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · af dou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · kqr bolobou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lez чиг (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sdh ئانگوو (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ka ცვარი (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ota چیك (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · es rocío (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ary ندى (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cjm ꨀꨳꨩ ꨆꨆꨶꨮꩉ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ill ambun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cdm सीत् (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ru роса́ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · dlm ruzuda (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lmw ṣíccin (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ia rore (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ht larouze (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sdh شەونِم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ar طَلّ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lou larozé (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mzn شی (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tt чык (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · rif nnda (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · alt чий (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi taituri (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ur اوس (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · it rugiada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ur نَم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gdo щиби (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · aho 𑜃𑜩 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sce xiaojierun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ami 'o'ol (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lo ເໝືອຍ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · kk шық (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tr jale (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · id embun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · de Tau (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bn শিশির (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · nan-hbl 露水 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sco dyow (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · eu ihintz (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gl rosada (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ko 이슬 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · he טַל (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fo døgg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi haurahi (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · lb Da (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · grc δροσία (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · el δρόσος (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ybh छेक (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ug شەبنەم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cu роса (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tih bolobou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gu ઝાકળ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · be раса́ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · vo gödaluim (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · el πάχνη (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pl rosa (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · km សន្សើម (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ar سَقِيط (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · tl hamog (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fa-ira شَبْنَم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · sa दानु (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · drg bbollobbou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ce тхир (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mn шүүдэр (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · hi शबनम (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · th น้ำค้าง (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bdk шегь (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · uk роса́ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · iba embun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ur شَبْنَم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · fa-ira نَم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · eo roso (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mi haurutu (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · is dögg (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gor wonu (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pt riço (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gl relento (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bsb ambun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ast rociu (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ckb شەونِم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · dng луфи (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · kmr şevnem (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · eve хилэс (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · gld силэмсэ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ill damug (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · cmn 露 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ka ნამი (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · pa ਤ੍ਰੇਲ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mn ᠰᠢᠭᠦᠳᠡᠷᠢ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · bg роса́ (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · az şəbnəm (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · uga 𐎉𐎍 (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ps شبنم (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · my ဆီးနှင်း (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · ms embun (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mhr лупс (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · mg ando (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc) · dtr bolobou (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)