Dew
noun
Small drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.
Every morning, the grass is covered in dew.
Often appears as...
- morning dew
- dew drops
noun
A type of clear liquid produced by a person's body, especially when they are ill or in extreme heat.
His forehead was covered with a cold dew of sweat.
Often appears as...
- cold dew
- dew of sweat
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Formal
noun
In chemistry, it's a process related to condensation, where water vapor becomes liquid dew on a surface.
In the experiment, we observed the dew point of the substance.
Often appears as...
- dew point
- observe dew
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Technical
verb
To wet something with dew or as though with dew.
The grass was dewed with morning moisture.
Often appears as...
- dewed grass
- dewed with moisture
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Literary
Poetic
noun
Small drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.
Every morning, the grass is covered in dew.
Often appears as...
- morning dew
- dew drops
noun
A type of clear liquid produced by a person's body, especially when they are ill or in extreme heat.
His forehead was covered with a cold dew of sweat.
Often appears as...
- cold dew
- dew of sweat
Usage tips
Formal
noun
In chemistry, it's a process related to condensation, where water vapor becomes liquid dew on a surface.
In the experiment, we observed the dew point of the substance.
Often appears as...
- dew point
- observe dew
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To wet something with dew or as though with dew.
The grass was dewed with morning moisture.
Often appears as...
- dewed grass
- dewed with moisture
Usage tips
Literary
Poetic
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Pro Tip 1/3Nature's Indicator
Dew forms under clear skies, indicating good weather is likely.
Look at the dew, we should have a sunny day.
Pro Tip 2/3Early Hours
Dew is more visible in the morning and usually disappears as the sun rises.
We must start early to see the fields sparkling with dew.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Fresh
Dew often symbolizes freshness or purity in literature and song lyrics.
Her eyes sparkled like morning dew.
Pro Tip 1/3Nature's Indicator
Dew forms under clear skies, indicating good weather is likely.
Look at the dew, we should have a sunny day.
Pro Tip 2/3Early Hours
Dew is more visible in the morning and usually disappears as the sun rises.
We must start early to see the fields sparkling with dew.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Fresh
Dew often symbolizes freshness or purity in literature and song lyrics.
Her eyes sparkled like morning dew.
Pro Tip 1/3Nature's Indicator
Dew forms under clear skies, indicating good weather is likely.
Look at the dew, we should have a sunny day.
Pro Tip 2/3Early Hours
Dew is more visible in the morning and usually disappears as the sun rises.
We must start early to see the fields sparkling with dew.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorically Fresh
Dew often symbolizes freshness or purity in literature and song lyrics.
Her eyes sparkled like morning dew.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
but light exposure in the morning is very good at setting the biological clock to the light-dark cycle. So seek out morning light. Basically, listen to yourself. Wind down. Do those sorts of things that you know are going to ease you off into the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
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The most Martian place...
In this place, we reported a new type of microalgae that grew only on top of the spiderwebs that covered the cave entrance. Have you ever seen a spiderweb early in the morning? It's covered with dew, so this microalgae learned that in order to carry photosynthesis
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
Now, the sun in this poem, in Wallace Stevens' poem, seems so grave because the person in the poem is so afraid. The sun comes up in the morning through branches, dispels the dew, the eyes, on the grass, and defeats stars envisioned as armies.
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
where the sea is described as a whale road and blood is described as battle sweat and slaughter dew. From its literal yet lyrical beginning, the word window has expanded beyond its concrete definition as a construction or design element
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Diane Cook & Len...
my trusty flashlight which is sometimes the next best thing to moonlight so with all the problems of wobbling moon's attack sprinklers dew point mosquitoes you name it why do we do what we do and we think finally the answer is actually
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Liz Diller: Architecture...
It reads the shifting conditions of temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, dew point, and it processes this data in a central computer that calibrates the degree of water pressure and distribution of water throughout.
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John Lewis and Bryan...
we would get more money, because she knew the cotton would be heavier 'cause the dew would be on it. So when it was weighed, money would be increased. Your mother sounds really strategic. My dear mother,
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Deeper, Deeper, Deeper...
own world's creatures drama I wanted to take the ship of the imagination on an epic voyage into the biosphere of a single dewdrop we're entering the dew drop and time ago showing cell
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The Cambodian myth of...
Lok Ta wished to bestow a gift upon his most deserving student. To determine which of the three that was, he announced a whoever first brought back a glass full of morning dew
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Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
me it's that it's lying in my bed at night in the bush and listening to the crickets and the smell of dew on the grass it makes me think y'all I'm in the wild
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
but light exposure in the morning is very good at setting the biological clock to the light-dark cycle. So seek out morning light. Basically, listen to yourself. Wind down. Do those sorts of things that you know are going to ease you off into the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
Video examples
The most Martian place...
In this place, we reported a new type of microalgae that grew only on top of the spiderwebs that covered the cave entrance. Have you ever seen a spiderweb early in the morning? It's covered with dew, so this microalgae learned that in order to carry photosynthesis
Video examples
Stephen Burt: Why people...
Now, the sun in this poem, in Wallace Stevens' poem, seems so grave because the person in the poem is so afraid. The sun comes up in the morning through branches, dispels the dew, the eyes, on the grass, and defeats stars envisioned as armies.
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
where the sea is described as a whale road and blood is described as battle sweat and slaughter dew. From its literal yet lyrical beginning, the word window has expanded beyond its concrete definition as a construction or design element
Video examples
Diane Cook & Len...
my trusty flashlight which is sometimes the next best thing to moonlight so with all the problems of wobbling moon's attack sprinklers dew point mosquitoes you name it why do we do what we do and we think finally the answer is actually
Video examples
Liz Diller: Architecture...
It reads the shifting conditions of temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, dew point, and it processes this data in a central computer that calibrates the degree of water pressure and distribution of water throughout.
Video examples
John Lewis and Bryan...
we would get more money, because she knew the cotton would be heavier 'cause the dew would be on it. So when it was weighed, money would be increased. Your mother sounds really strategic. My dear mother,
Video examples
Deeper, Deeper, Deeper...
own world's creatures drama I wanted to take the ship of the imagination on an epic voyage into the biosphere of a single dewdrop we're entering the dew drop and time ago showing cell
Video examples
The Cambodian myth of...
Lok Ta wished to bestow a gift upon his most deserving student. To determine which of the three that was, he announced a whoever first brought back a glass full of morning dew
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
me it's that it's lying in my bed at night in the bush and listening to the crickets and the smell of dew on the grass it makes me think y'all I'm in the wild
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Samuel Daniel
English Poet
Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Activist
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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Ravindra Jadeja
Practicing with the wet ball is the key to get in the best shape for fielding when there is dew.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.
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Robert Browning
English Poet
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
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Lu Yu
Chinese Author
Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from Heaven.
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
English Poet
Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
The dew of compassion is a tear.
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Samuel Daniel
English Poet
Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Activist
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
Quote examples
Ravindra Jadeja
Practicing with the wet ball is the key to get in the best shape for fielding when there is dew.
Quote examples
Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.
Quote examples
Robert Browning
English Poet
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
Quote examples
Lu Yu
Chinese Author
Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from Heaven.
Quote examples
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
English Poet
Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.
Quote examples
Lord Byron
British Poet
The dew of compassion is a tear.
Example 1 of 10
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