dew
Dew is defined as the liquid that condenses during the night on surfaces and plants when warm air touches a cool surface.
(noun)An example of dew is the liquid that drips off of blades of grass in the morning.
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See dew in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the condensation formed, usually during the night, on lawns, cars, etc. as a result of relatively warm air contacting a cool surface
- anything regarded as refreshing, gently falling, pure, etc., like dew
- any moisture in small drops, as perspiration
Origin: ME < OE deaw, akin to Ger tau < IE base *dheu-, to run > Sans dhāvati, a spring, brook
transitive verb
Old Poet. to wet with or as with dewdrops
See dew in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Water droplets condensed from the air, usually at night, onto cool surfaces.
- Something moist, fresh, pure, or renewing: “The timely dew of sleep/. . . inclines/Our eye-lids” (John Milton).
- Moisture, as in the form of tears or perspiration, that appears in small drops.
To wet with or as if with dew.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English deu
Origin: , from Old English dēaw; see dheu-1 in Indo-European roots
. abbreviation
distant early warning
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