Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dewing

/dˈuɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: dew-ing
IPA: /dˈuɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dew

noun

The formation of dew.

Uncountable

noun

Other condensation (of water vapor or other gases) physically analogous to dew formation.

Uncountable

verb

To remove wings or a wing from.

Transitive verb

name

Example Sentences

"[…] the dewing of a metal plate when breathed upon, the dewing of the outside of a glass when very cold water is poured into it, […]"
"The fact remains that, for a given gas composition, it is the metal temperature that determines whether or not dewing (and hence corrosion) takes place."
"the seed with wings attached withstood storage very significantly better than dewinged seed."
"The birds were then dewinged, debeaked, and skinned for tissue sample removal."
"1. An apparatus for dewinging a bird […]"
"The birds are de-winged after birth to prevent them flying in the house."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English wing English dewing From de- + wing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dewings (present, singular) dewinging (participle, present) dewinged (participle, past) dewinged (past)

Phrases

dew point clip someone's wings flight feathers

Frequently Paired Words

dew point sweating clip someone's wings flight feathers clip the wings of de-tail debeak

Rhymes With

doing viewing pursuing reviewing brewing chewing suing screwing ewing renewing booing undoing

Questions

How do you pronounce dewing?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈuɪŋ/.
What does dewing mean?: present participle and gerund of dew
Where does dewing come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English wing English dewing From de- + wing.

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