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dewdrop Definition

dew·drop (-dräp′)

noun

a drop of dew
dewdrop Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • supercool: These are supercooled dewdrops that freeze as the temperature lowers; at -2.0C some of the water droplets were frozen.
dewdrop Quotes

Stop and consider! life is but a day; A fragile dew-drop on its perilous way From a tree's summit; a poor Indian's sleep While his boat hastens to the monstrous steep Of Montmorenci.

—Keats,John

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining togetheras one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.

—Muir,John

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee.

—Foster, Stephen Collins

Browse dictionary entries near dewdrop

  1. ‹ dewclaw
  2. ‹ dewberry
  3. ‹ dewberries
  4. ‹ dewater
  5. ‹ Dewar (flask)
  6. ‹ Dewar
  7. ‹ dewan
  8. ‹ dew worm
  9. ‹ dew-point spread
  10. ‹ dew-point depression
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