dew

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
2. (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
3. (countable) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.

Verb

1. (transitive) To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
2. (intransitive) To deposit dew.

Synonyms

fog

🌫️

mist

frost

moisture

condensation

billabong

drop

bar

baptism

ashes

blonde

boo

boom

💥

broccoli

🥦

block

christening

bale

chill

gash

cloud

☁️

cold

🥶

greta

coolness

damp

dewdrop

dewiness

ding

ditch

charge

droplet

💧

bedew

foam

burrito

🌯

flower

🌸

fir

funk

gage

gangster

bud

gauge

Ghana

🇬🇭

grass

grata

greeter

bash

has

hay

haze

hemp

baby

👶

Translations

rosée

rocío

rugiada

Tau

orvalho

dauw

rosada

δροσιά

ندى

çiy

rocio

şebnem

rocio

gòmena

Pronounced as (IPA)

/djuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dew

Inherited from Old English: dēaw

Cognate with German: Tau

Cognate with Dutch: dauw

Cognate with Afrikaans: dou

Inherited from Middle English: dewe

Inherited from Old English: *dēawian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: daue

Cognate with German: tauen

Cognate with Dutch: dauwen

In summary

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.

Sentences

By increasing the salinity of the water , we alter its dew point .