Definition

Adjective: * Wet with dew: Covered or moistened with small drops of water (dew) that have condensed, typically overnight.

Usage

• This word is a descriptive adjective, most often used in literary, poetic, or formal descriptive writing to evoke a specific image of moisture from dew.
• It typically describes objects found outdoors, such as grass, leaves, flowers, or the morning ground.
• It is the past participle of the verb "bedew," meaning to cover or sprinkle with dew.

Examples

• The bedewed grass sparkled in the first light of dawn.
• She walked through the garden, her shoes becoming soaked by the bedewed petals.
• The spider's web, bedewed with morning moisture, looked like a string of pearls.

Advanced Usage

• "Bedewed with": This is the most common construction, used to specify the cause of the wetness if it is something other than or in addition to dew (e.g., tears, sweat, light rain).
  • Her cheeks were bedewed with tears.
  • His forehead was bedewed with sweat after the long run.

Variants and Related Words

• Bedew (verb): To wet or cover with or as if with dew.
  • The morning mist bedewed the fields.
• Dewy (adjective): Resembling or moist with dew.
  • The dewy morning air was fresh and cool.
• Dew-drenched (adjective): Heavily wet with dew. (A more emphatic synonym).
• Dampened (adjective): Slightly wet. (A more general synonym).

Synonyms

• Dewy
• Dew-covered
• Moistened
• Damp
• Wet

Antonyms

• Dry
• Parched
• Arid
• Dehydrated

Adjective

1. wet with dew