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Dew

Weather
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces when moisture condenses overnight.

Detailed Definition
Dew forms when the ground and nearby objects cool enough for water vapor in the air to condense into droplets. It commonly beads on grass, leaves, webs, and windowpanes during clear, calm nights. Poets have long used dew to evoke freshness, transience, innocence, and morning grief, since its bright presence vanishes quickly beneath the strengthening sun.
Example
Example in poetry:
Dew gathered on the grass before dawn, each blade carrying a small bright bead; “Dew on the roses was the morning’s unfinished sentence,” uses the moisture to convey delicacy and pause; A poet may let dew vanish with sunrise to symbolize a fleeting promise; Walking through dew-soaked clover can give a poem tactile detail and place the speaker in an early landscape
Additional Notes
Dew forms when surfaces cool below the dew point; it commonly suggests freshness, morning, tenderness, or renewal.
Also Known As
Morning Moisture Dewdrop Night’s Condensation Pearled Grass
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