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dew | dee |

As an acronym dew

is distant early warning.

As a noun dee is

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dew

English

(wikipedia dew)

Noun

  • (uncountable) moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
  • (countable, but see usage notes) an instance of a such moisture settling on plants, etc.
  • There was a heavy dew this morning.
  • (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
  • (figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The golden dew of sleep.
  • An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
  • * Longfellow
  • The dew of his youth.

    Usage notes

    * Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.

    Synonyms

    * (moisture settling on plants) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
  • * A. B. Saxton
  • The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    dee

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
  • A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.
  • A female given name, short for names beginning with a "D".
  • Quotations

    * : IV: xi: 39: *: And following Dee , which Britons long ygone *: Did call divine, that doth by Chester tend;

    Derived terms

    * Deeside * Miller of Dee