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You can make 7 words from dew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of dew

dew edw dwe wde ewd wed

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Definitions and meaning of dew

dew

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /djuː/, /d͡ʒ(j)uː/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /d(j)uː/
• (Wales, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɪu̯/

• Homophones: do, doo (with yod-dropping), Jew (with yod-coalescence), due

Etymology 1

From Middle English dew, from Old English dēaw (“dew”), 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.

Noun

dew (countable and uncountable, plural dews)

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.

   Synonym: (obsolete) rore
3. (countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
4. (figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
5. (figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.

Usage notes

• Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dewe, dewyn, from Old English *dēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną. Cognates include Saterland Frisian daue, German tauen and Dutch dauwen.

Verb

dew (third-person singular simple present dews, present participle dewing, simple past and past participle dewed)

1. To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.

Related terms

• bedew

Translations

Anagrams

• Wed, Wed., we'd, wed

Catalan

Etymology

From adeu.

Interjection

dew

1. (Internet slang) bye

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dọw, from Proto-Celtic *duwo, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

dew m (feminine form diw)

1. two

Mutation

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English dēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *dauw, from Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą.

Alternative forms

• deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ
• dæw (Ormulum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɛu̯

Noun

dew (plural dewes)

1. Dew; moisture present on plants.
2. (figurative) A rejuvenating substance.
3. (rare) Sodden or water-soaked terrain.

Derived terms

• dewy
• dewyn
• dewynge

Descendants

• English: dew
• Scots: dew, deow, dyow
• Yola: dhew

References

• “deu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Etymology 2

Adjective

dew

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Noun

dew

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /deːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɛu̯/

Adjective

dew

1. Soft mutation of tew.

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian ده (deh).

Noun

dew

1. village

Declension

See also

• dewıc