Dew
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /d͡ʒuː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dew is a noun meaning (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
Meaning
(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
More Meanings
- (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.
- (transitive) To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
- (intransitive) To deposit dew.
Example Sentences
the dew of his youth
the golden dew of sleep
There was a heavy dew this morning.
As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
Word Forms
- dews
- dewing
- dewed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spray, condensation, dewpoint, moisture, wetness, deo.
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