Dew

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Dew, abbr. distant early warning.

Dew, n. & v.
--n.
1 atmospheric vapour condensing in small drops on cool surfaces at night.
2 beaded or glistening moisture resembling this, e.g. tears.
3 freshness, refreshing quality.
--v.tr. wet with or as with dew.

Idiom

dew-claw
1 a rudimentary inner toe found on some dogs.
2 a false hoof on a deer etc.
dew-fall
1 the time when dew begins to form.
2 evening. dew-point the temperature at which dew forms. dew-pond a shallow usu. artificial pond once supposed to have been fed by atmospheric condensation.

Etymology

OE deaw f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Dew

asperge, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dawn dew, dewdrops, douche, evening damp, false dew, fog drip, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, moisten, night dew, paddle, slobber, slop, slosh, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, swash, syringe, water, wet, wet down

ROGET THESAURUS

Dew

Moisture

N moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.