Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.

    ороситьorositʹ

  2. (intransitive)To deposit dew.

Examples

33 sentences

  1. The dew evaporated when the sun rose.

    ruКогда солнце поднялось, роса испарилась. — fjay69

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  2. The dew falls in early morning.

    Роса осідає рано-вранці. — marko

    ruКаждое утро выступает роса. — Hellerick

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  3. Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun.

    Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  4. The dew fell this morning.

    Цього ранку випала роса. — Internecivus

    deDer Tau stammt von heute Morgen. — Zaghawa

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  5. There was some dew this morning.

    ruСегодня утром была роса. — marafon

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
moisten:

Origin

From Middle English dewe, dewen, from Old English *dēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *dauw

From Middle English dewe, dewen, from Old English *dēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną. Cognates include Saterland Frisian daue, German tauen and Dutch dauwen.

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Forms

dews, dewing, dewed, dewed
Base formdew · to dew
3rd person singulardews
Present participledewing
Past simpledewed
Past participledewed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydew
he, she, itdews

Past simpleLesson

all personsdewed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dewed
he, she, ithas dewed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dew

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbedew

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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