Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make warm or lukewarm.

  2. (transitive)To shelter from the wind.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To become warm.

Origin

From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English *hlēowe, *hlīewe (attested adverbially in

From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English *hlēowe, *hlīewe (attested adverbially in hlēowe (“warmly”) and as ġehlēowe, ġehlīewe (“warm, sunny, sheltered”), unhlēowe (“not warm, chill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hliwi, from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱlēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Old Norse hlýr (“warm, mild”), ( > Danish ly (“lukewarm”)), hlær, German lau, which are themselves akin to Old Norse hlé (“lee”), Danish læ (“shelter”). Compare lee.

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Forms

lews, lewing, lewed, lewed
Base formlew · to lew
3rd person singularlews
Present participlelewing
Past simplelewed
Past participlelewed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylew
he, she, itlews

Past simpleLesson

all personslewed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lew

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
levitatelevitationlevylewdlexical

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