dew

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /duː/ UK /djuː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, due to condensation

The grass was wet with morning dew.

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1 noun · tiny drops of water that... moisture condensation droplets precipitation wetness

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dew point
the temperature at which moisture in the air begins to condense

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Dew Drops
As much of the dew that the dew drops drop, if dew drops do drop dew.

Keep the /dɹ/ cluster in drops and drop connected. Dew may begin with /d/ or /dj/, depending on your accent; use the form natural to you.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *deawaz ("moisture; dew") via Old English dēaw ("dew; moisture") and Middle English dew into Modern English dew ("moisture condensed from the atmosphere").

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# dew

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /duː/
**IPA (UK):** /djuː/

## Meanings
1. tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, due to condensation

## Examples
- The grass was wet with morning dew.

## Synonyms
- moisture
- condensation
- droplets
- precipitation
- wetness

## Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *deawaz ("moisture; dew") via Old English dēaw ("dew; moisture") and Middle English dew into Modern English dew ("moisture condensed from the atmosphere").

## AI Etymology
Dew comes from Proto-Germanic *deawaz ("moisture; dew") via Old English dēaw ("dew; moisture") and Middle English dew into Modern English dew ("moisture condensed from the atmosphere"). In current use it is a noun meaning "tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, due to condensation". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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