dew
Multiple Entries:dew DEW
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dew/djuː/
▶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.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
DEW
▶abbreviation distant early warning.
'dew' also found in these Oxford entries:
alchemilla
- DEW
- dewdrop
- dewfall
- dewlap
- dew point
- dew pond
- dew worm
- dewy
- drinker
- drosophila
- mountain dew
- rosemary
- rosolio
