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dew

UK/d͡ʒuː/ US/djuː/ fairly common

noun

1.

water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

  • “in the morning the grass was wet with dew”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • dew computing
  • dew point
  • dew poison
  • dew water
  • mountain dew

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