dew
(noun) water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air; “in the morning the grass was wet with dew”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
DEW
Acronym of distant early warning.
• Wed, Wed., we'd, wed
Dew (plural Dews)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dew is the 5561st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6252 individuals. Dew is most common among White (73.75%) and Black/African American (20.43%) individuals.
• Wed, Wed., we'd, wed
dew (countable and uncountable, plural dews)
(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
Synonym: rore (obsolete)
(countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
(figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
(figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
• Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.
dew (third-person singular simple present dews, present participle dewing, simple past and past participle dewed)
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
• Wed, Wed., we'd, wed
Source: Wiktionary
Dew, n. Etym: [AS. deáw; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. dögg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dhav, to flow. Dag dew.]
1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night. Her tears fell with the dews at even. Tennyson.
2. Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. "The golden dew of sleep." Shak.
3. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. "The dew of his youth." Longfellow.
Note: Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.
Dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dewing.]
Definition: To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton.
Dew, a. & n.
Definition: Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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