dewy
part of speech
adjective (dewy, dewier, dewiest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Wet with dew, the tiny drops of water that form on grass and leaves on cool nights. tree →
2) Fresh, soft and slightly shiny, as in dewy skin. tree →
3) Dewy-eyed means with eyes wet with tears, or too hopeful and innocent. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science it shows that water vapour in the air has cooled and turned to liquid (condensation) on cold surfaces at night. In stories a dewy morning sets a calm, fresh, early scene. Phrases: dewy grass, dewy morning, dewy-eyed.
examples
- Our shoes got soaked running across the dewy grass. tree →
- The spider web sparkled on the dewy morning. tree →
- The dewy leaves were cold to touch. tree →
- By noon the sun had dried the dewy field. tree →
- Mum's face cream promises dewy skin. tree →
- Gran got dewy-eyed watching the school play. tree →
- We saw the dewy windows of the car before school. tree →
- Wherever she set her blessed foot, there was at once a dewy flower. tree →
note
Comes from dew (not «due» or «do» — homophones in many accents). Dew is not rain: it forms from the air itself when the ground cools. Dewier, dewiest for comparisons.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dewy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.