Dewy

Definition: Dewy

Dewy

Adjective

1. Wet with dew.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dewy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Dewy

Evening

Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun,Noun: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock- shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime.

Moisture

Adjective: moist, damp; watery; madid, roric; undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy; roral, rorid; roscid; juicy.

Crosswords: Dewy

Books

• Classification System for Church Libraries: Based on the Dewy Decimal Classification System (reference)

• Dewy Decimal Classification Online Project (reference)

• The dewy morn : a novel (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

His soul was all dewy wet.

I would these dewy tears were from the ground

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "dewy": dewy eve ♦ Dewy Rose. Additional references.

Beginning with "dewy": dewy-eyed.

Albanian

i njomur (bedewed), i njomë (dabby, damp, dampish, dampy, dank, delicate, fresh, humid, milch, moist, muggy, new, poachy, sappy, saturated, wet, young), i mbuluar me vesë, i freskët (breezy, chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, hot, new, new-laid, recent, sweet, unhackneyed, up to date). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ندي شبيه بالندى بطراوته, ‏ندي (clammy, moist, wet). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свеж (breezy, brisk, cool, crisp, fair, fresh, refreshing, sweet, unhackneyed, unworn, verdant, vernal, warm, youthful), росен (dittany), освежителен (recreational, recreative, refreshing, winy), навлажнен. (various references)

Chinese 

满地露水, 帶露 . (various references)

Czech

orosený. (various references)

Finnish

kasteinen. (various references)

French

fraîche, couvert de rosée. (various references)

German

taufeucht (moist with dew), frisch (adroit, agile, alert, bright, brisk, cheery, chill, chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, freshly, keen, new, newly, newly-laid, nippy, Parky, recent, sweet, undressed, wet). (various references)

Greek 

υγρόσ (clammy, damp, dank, humid, liquid, moist, soggy, wet), δροσοσταγήσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מטולל, טללי, טלול. (various references)

Hungarian

harmatos. (various references)

Italian

rugiadoso. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

露に濡れた (wet with dew). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つゆにぬれた (wet with dew). (various references)

Manx

druightoilagh, druightoil (dewlike). (various references)

Pig Latin

ewyday.(various references)

Portuguese

refrescante (cooling, refresher, refrigerant), orvalhado (moist), úmido (clammy, damp, dripping, humid, juicy, madid, moist, soft, squashy, tops, watery, weeping, wet). (various references)

Romanian

rouros, proaspãt (bracing, cold, cool, crisp, fresh, green, new, recent, sweet, warm), înrourat. (various references)

Russian 

росистый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vlažan (dabby, damp, dank, humid, moist, soggy, wet), svež (bracing, breezy, chilly, coldish, cool, crisp, fresh, new, recent, young), rosan, orošen. (various references)

Spanish

rociado (sputter), goteado. (various references)

Swedish

daggig, daggfrisk (fresh as dew), dagg (cat-o'-nine-tails, dew). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งชุ่ม�"้วยน้ำค้าง. (various references)

Turkish

taze (crisp, fresh, freshly, green, hot, new, raw, tender, warm), nemli (damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, wet), hayat dolu (alive, alive and kicking, animate, animated, as fresh as daisy, Corky, exuberant, fresh, full of life, genial, live, lively, quick, sprightly, vital, vivacious, vivid), gözyaşı (lachrymal, tear, teardrop, tears, waterworks), canlı (active, alive, animate, animated, beany, breezy, bright, brightly, brisk, bustling, colorful, colourful, Corky, crisp, crispy, dashing, driving, exhilarated, expressive, exuberant, feeling, fresh, full of beans, full of life, gay, genially, ginger, gingery, glowing, go-go, graphic, graphical, hearty, humming, in the flesh, inspired, life, live, lively, living, living being, living creature, lusty, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, peppy, perky, picturesque, quick, racy, rich, rousing, sappy, saturated, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, springy, swinging, vibrant, vital, vivacious, vivid, warm, with it, zippy), çiy ile kaplı, çiy gibi. (various references)

Ukrainian

росяний, росистий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

như sương ướt sương, đẫm sương. (various references)

Welsh

gwlithog. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "dewy": mildewy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Dewy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dawa, dawg, Dawie, dawly, dawys, dayyy, dbw, Deby, decy, deevy, deey, degy, dehy, deow, deoy, Derwig, Derwyn, devy, dewa, dewd, dewe, dewey, dewi, dewie, dewit, dewl, dewn, dewo, dewp, dewry, dewt, dexy, Dhew, diwa, dkw, dowi, dowie, Drewy, dsw, dw, dwe, dwee, dwem, dwy, Dzewu, Dzwig, eday, edw, Edwa, ewy, fewy, hewy, mewy, tewy, yewy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dew, dey, dye, wed, wye, yew.

-2 letters: de, ed, we, ye.

+1 letter: wedgy, weedy, wyled, wyted, yawed, yowed.

+2 letters: dewily, dowery, lewdly, swayed, tweedy, weirdy, widely, wieldy, yawled, yawned, yawped, yowled.

+3 letters: cowedly, dyeweed, dyewood, endways, headway, keyword, mayweed, meadowy, mildewy, powdery, sideway, tideway, wayside, weedily, weekday, weirdly.

+4 letters: avowedly, bendways, bewrayed, citywide, dewberry, driveway, dyeweeds, dyewoods, edgeways, fadeaway, guideway, hawkeyed, headways, hideaway, honeydew, keywords, lawyered, mayweeds, newlywed, shrewdly, sideways, slideway, speedway, subwayed, tideways, underway, unswayed, unwieldy, walleyed, wardenry, waysides, weekdays, welladay, wickedly, wingedly, wontedly, woodenly, yellowed.