dew
IPA: dˈu
noun
- (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
- (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
- (countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
- (figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
- (figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Freestone County, Texas, United States.
- Acronym of distant early warning.
verb
- To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
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Examples of "dew" in Sentences
- Hassel is the owner of the Dew Drop Inn.
- The water falls down to the earth as dew.
- The little Dew Fairy comes to wake the children.
- Dew drops evaporate quickly in the heat of the sun.
- It is also used in the evening to protect the hay of the dew.
- She then threw it into the sky, and the dew became the stars.
- She had gone to the Dew Drop with the intention of killing the man.
- The dew point is the point at which the first drop of liquid forms.
- Not even dew borne by the wind suffices to describe this transience.
- Blow Away the Morning Dew is the first folk song to feature in the movement.
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