to dew
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7.2
- verb
- /du/
:
cubrir de rocío
- After the rain, the leaves of the tree were dewed with tiny droplets that sparkled like jewels.
Examples
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I breathed again and tasted the night dewing the grass, the body heat, and the complex scent web of Danny and Terry, who was somewhere near.
Fiction book (1996) -
A shower of glassy raindrops dewed his khakis like confetti; an undulating vine of sweetheart roses bit into his flannel sleeve.
Fiction book (1999) -
I walked into my apartment; the floors creaked me a welcome, and I suddenly felt a tide of warm giddiness overwhelming me, dewing my neck.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her skin was dewed with sweat, and she could hear her own breathing, coming hard and fast at first, then gradually slowing as her heartbeat settled into its normal pace.
Fiction book (2002) -
Callie ran a finger around her collar, tugging the neck of the blouse away from skin suddenly dewed with a fine film of sweat.
Blog text (19) -
Back in the days when it was literally true that the paper sit on its masthead covers Dixie like the dew, that's no longer true.
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The flower petals were dewed in the early morning, glistening in the sunlight.
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The grass was still dewed when we walked outside, leaving wet footprints behind us.
Synonyms
To cover something with small drops of water like dew or sweat
Become covered with a thin layer of water that makes glass or mirrors hard to see through
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small bog plant with leaves covered in sticky hairs that trap and eat insects
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb dew (seen also as dewed) comes from the same old word as the noun dew, and it means 'to cover with small drops'. So to dew something is to make it wet with the cool morning drops.