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dew

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dew
1. noun /djuː,dʒuː/
a) moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.

there was a heavy dew this morning.

b) an instance of a such moisture settling on plants, etc.
2. verb /djuː,dʒuː/
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
See Also: dew point

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  • Dew — (d[=u]), n. [AS. de[ a]w; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. d[ o]gg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dh[=a]v, to flow. [root]72. Cf. {Dag} dew.] 1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dew — 1> роса Ex: morning dew утренняя роса Ex: wet with dew мокрый от росы Ex: the dew is falling выпадает роса 2> свежесть, чистота Ex: the dew of youth свежесть юности Ex: the dew of sleep освежающий сон 3> капля пота; слеза 4> орошать; обрызгивать …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Dew — Dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dewing}.] To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. [1913 Webster] The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dew — 1. noun 1) роса 2) poet. свежесть the dew of youth свежесть юности 3)капля пота; слеза mountain dew 2. v. 1) орошать, смачивать; обрызгивать 2)poet. покрывать росой it is beginning to dew, it dews появляется роса …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • Dew — Dew, a. & n. Same as {Due}, or {Duty}. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • DEW — steht als Abkürzung für Directed Energy Weapon, Waffensysteme, die mit gebündelter Energie militärische Ziele vertreiben, paralysieren, schädigen oder vernichten Distant Early Warning Line Dortmunder Energie und Wasserversorgung, ein deutsches… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dew — (Parsism.), s. Dews …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Dew — (pers. Diw), bei den Parsen Name der Geister des bösen Prinzips, von Ahriman geschaffen, um die heilsamen Schöpfungen des Ormuzd zu zerstören. Im Zendavesta heißen sie Daevas …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dew — ist der Familienname mehrerer Personen: Eddie Dew (1909−1972), US amerikanischer Schauspieler und Filmregisseur John Dew (* 1944), britischer Regisseur und Intendant John Anthony Dew (* 1950), britischer Diplomat John Atcherley Dew (* 1948),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dew — For other uses, see Dew (disambiguation). Some dew on an iris in Sequoia National Park …   Wikipedia

  • dew — dewless, adj. /dooh, dyooh/, n. 1. moisture condensed from the atmosphere, esp. at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface. 2. something like or compared to such drops of moisture, as in purity, delicacy, or… …   Universalium

Фильмы

  • The Earth and a Man on It, 1972 — The film is about educating the young generation's love of nature.
  • Ezhenie Kotton., 1973 — Film is about the life and activity of a public figure, laureate of the International Leninist Prize “For strengthening of the peace between nations”, the first President of the International Democratic Women Organization Eugenie Cotton.
  • The Bolshoi Theater, the Two Hundredth Season, 1976 — The cinema story is about the world-known Bolshoi Theater, about the Theatre's present life and its history, about a pleiad of wonderful artists - opera and ballet soloists.