dew

noun

\ ˈdü

also ˈdyü\

Definition of dew

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

DEW

abbreviation

Definition of DEW (Entry 2 of 2)

distant early warning

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Examples of dew in a Sentence

Noun

The grass was wet with the morning dew.

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And even in San Mateo County, which has less than half of Santa Clara County’s population, the county fair dew 127,000 people over nine days last year. — Thy Vo, The Mercury News, "Yes, folks, there really is a fair in Santa Clara County," 28 July 2019 The grass, razor sharp and always drenched by rain or dew, shoots up to 12 feet or more all over the reserve, and traveling along the overgrown tracks is no joke. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019 Wheat plants' leaves repel water, which creates the perfect conditions for dew droplets to catapult off the leaves—taking pathogenic spores for the ride. — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, "Wheat Plants "Sneeze" And Spread Disease," 25 June 2019 Barring eliminating the treads altogether—which might mean spinning out on a misting of morning dew—the best move is to make sure the treads don’t trap air. — Nick Stockton, WIRED, "Bridgestone's New Tire Makes Driving Electric as Quiet as It Should Be," 5 June 2019 Some say that El-ahrairah, the rabbits’ trickster folk hero, controls the weather, because the wind, the damp and the dew are friends and instruments to rabbits against their enemies. — Peter Rock, New York Times, "On the Unsettling Allure of ‘Watership Down’," 15 May 2018 The Woolfs loved the property for its lush, informal grounds, including an Italian garden, a dew pond, a terrace and an orchard. — WSJ, "How Virginia Woolf Decorated Her Room of One's Own," 5 Mar. 2019 White Anemone japonica dapple Achnaterum brachytrichum, an ethereal plume whose downy flower heads, Mr. Quibel noted, glitter in the early morning dew. — Amy Merrick, WSJ, "Fall’s Best Blade Plans," 5 Oct. 2018 In reality, the club also uses the structure to shade the grass after applying fertilizer, keep dew off the seats and shield maintenance work. — Daniel Beekman, The Seattle Times, "In $180 million ask for public money, Mariners cite retractable roof used 400 times per year," 28 Aug. 2018

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