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dew (plural dews)
- moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
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moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc
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- Old Church Slavonic: роса (rosa) f.
- Old Norse: dǫgg f.
- Persian: ژاله (žāle), شبنم (šabnam), نم (nam), سقیط (saqit), افشک (afšak), افشنگ (afšang), ارکاک (erkāk), بژم (bažm), پسگک (pasagak), پشتک (paštak), شهنگانه (šahangāne)
- Portuguese: orvalho m., riço m.
- Russian: роса ru(ru) (rosá) f.
- Sanskrit: अवश्याय (avaśyāya)
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- Cyrillic: роса f.
- Roman: rosa f.
- Slovene: rosa sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: rocío es(es), sereno es(es) m.
- Swedish: dagg sv(sv) c.
- Turkish: şebnem tr(tr), çiy tr(tr), çiğ tr(tr), kırağı tr(tr), jale tr(tr)
- Urdu: اوس (os) f., شبنم (šabnam) f., نم (nam) f., ژالہ (žāla) m.
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Infinitive
to dew
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Third person singular
dews
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Simple past
dewed
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Past participle
dewed
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Present participle
dewing
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to dew (third-person singular simple present dews, present participle dewing, simple past and past participle dewed)
- To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
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