dew

  • 31dew — /dju / (say dyooh) noun 1. moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface. 2. something likened to dew, as serving to refresh or as suggestive of morning. 3. moisture in …

  • 32dew —   Kēhau, hau.    ♦ Collection of dew, huawaimaka. Scattered dew, lū hau …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 33dew — [OE] Dew is an ancient word, which can be traced back to the Indo European base *dheu ; this also produced Greek thein ‘run’ and Sanskrit dhāv ‘flow, wash’ (whence, via Hindi, English dhobi ‘Indian washerman’ [19]) and dhaūtís ‘brook’. Its… …

    Word origins

  • 34dew —   condensation of water directly onto ground surfaces such as leaves or car windscreens. Rapid heat loss at night causes air closest to the surface to reach its dew point …

    Geography glossary

  • 35Dew — This unusual name, with the variants Dow, Dove and Dew, is of Scottish (and sometimes Irish) Gaelic Origin, and is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic word dubh , dark, black, in Old Gaelic dub . This word was frequently used as a personal name, by …

    Surnames reference

  • 36dew n — Hotel sign: Do drop in to the Dew drop Inn bill n, due adj …

    English expressions

  • 37dew — noun tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapour condenses. ↘a beaded or glistening liquid resembling dew. verb literary wet with a beaded or glistening liquid. Origin OE dēaw, of Gmc origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38dew — rasa statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Smulkiausių vandens lašelių pavidalo krituliai. Susidaro ant žemės paviršiaus, augalų ir daiktų dėl drėgno oro susilietimo su naktį atvėsusiais paviršiais, kai temperatūra aukštesnė nei 0 …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 39DEW — milit. abbr. Distant Early Warning acronym Distant Early Warning (as in DEW Line) …

    United dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms

  • 40dew — Go to (mountain) dew …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions