dew

noun \ ˈdü also ˈdyü \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: dew in a Sentence

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Definition of dew

1 meteorology : moisture condensed upon the surfaces of cool bodies especially at night

wet with morning dew

2 : something resembling dew in purity, freshness, or power to refresh

… the golden dew of sleep …
—William Shakespeare

3 : moisture especially when appearing in minute droplets: such as

a : tears

b : sweat

c botany : droplets of water produced by a plant in transpiration

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dew

transitive verb

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dewless

play \-ləs\ adjective

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Examples of dew in a Sentence

The grass was wet with the morning dew.

Recent Examples of dew from the Web

On the same day, Cato issued a recall of fresh cut watermelon, honey dew melon, cantaloupe and fresh-cut fruit medley products containing one of these melons produced at its Indianapolis facility.

— tresa baldas, Detroit Free Press, "Tainted melons trigger 3 salmonella lawsuits in Midwest," 12 June 2018
Again, bring it inside nightly to avoid evening dew.

— margaret lauterbach, idahostatesman, "Growing and drying herbs in summer is a great way to benefit your culinary world," 8 June 2018
Roth, the kid from Newark, strolling now alongside stone fences, his sneakers wet with dew?

— Vogue, "A Domesticated Philip Roth? Vogue Profiles the Late Writer with Claire Bloom in 1983," 23 May 2018
Avoid mildew by harvesting on a dry, sunny day after the dew has dried but before the sun is blazing.

— therese ciesinski, Good Housekeeping, "How To Grow Lavender Anywhere," 3 Apr. 2017
Blend 1 minute or until honey dew and juices are smooth.

— dan koday, Seventeen, "Party-Perfect Mocktails," 10 June 2010
About 10 minutes into the piece, to take just one example, there’s a thrilling juncture when the texture grows darker as the French horns, trombones and male voices gradually ease onto the scene and the tinkly percussion evaporates like morning dew.

— joshua kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, "John Luther Adams’ ‘Become Desert’ is a shimmery masterpiece," 9 Apr. 2018
The nightingale shook the morning dew from his feathers and flew higher and higher, his heart beating violently, past the crowns of the trees, toward the white yawning sun.

— aaron gilbreath, Longreads, "The Wolves," 2 Apr. 2018
As the once clear lines between TV and movies evaporate like the morning dew, digital growth raises hard questions for film studios too.

— jonathan handel, The Hollywood Reporter, "Streamers' Spending Spree the Talk of UCLA Entertainment Symposium," 25 Mar. 2018

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Did You Know?

This is a deposit of water droplets formed at night by the condensation of water vapor from the air onto the surfaces of exposed objects. Dew forms on clear nights, when exposed surfaces lose heat by radiation and are thus usually colder than the air. The cold surface cools the air in its vicinity, and, if the air is humid enough, it may cool below its dew point, the temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air onto the surface.