adj
Meaning 1
Covered by dew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The dewy grass was too slick for football.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bedewed, rory, dewy, roric, rorid, roscid
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dewy
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Pronunciation
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/ˈdjuː.i/
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/ˈd͡ʒuː.i/
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/ˈduː.i/
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rhymes with -uːi
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adj
Meaning 2
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Resembling or characteristic of dew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Fresh and innocent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face Thy dewy looks sink in my breast Thy gentle words stir poison there;
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
wet with dew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bedewed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English dewy, deuhy, from Old English dēawiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwag, *dauwīg, equivalent to dew + -y.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: ро́сны (rósny) — covered by dew
- Belarusian: пакры́ты расо́й (pakrýty rasój) — covered by dew
- Belarusian: рася́ны́ (rasjáný) — covered by dew
- Bulgarian: росен (rosen) — covered by dew
- Bulgarian: оросен (orosen) — covered by dew
- Czech: orosený — covered by dew
- Dutch: dauwig — covered by dew
- Dutch: bedauwd — covered by dew
- German: betaut — covered by dew
- German: taufeucht — covered by dew
- Latin: rōridus — covered by dew
- Polish: pokryty rosą — covered by dew
- Polish: zroszony — covered by dew
- Polish: mokry — bearing droplets of water
- Czech: svěží — fresh