bedewed
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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