dew

CEFRB1

/d͡ʒuː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces overnight.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.

Examples

  • The hut kept the rain and dew out after a fashion.

  • Dew has formed on the lawn.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /djuː/
  • /duː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

  2. Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.

  3. Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.

More examples

In context

  • There was a heavy dew this morning.

  • 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, […]

  • The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.

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The morning blank glistened on the grass after a cold night.

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Origin

noun

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.