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View synonyms for dewdrop

dewdrop

[ doo-drop, dyoo- ]

noun

  1. a drop of dew.


dewdrop

/ ˈdjuːˌdrɒp /

noun

  1. a drop of dew
  2. euphemistic.
    a drop of mucus on the end of one's nose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dewdrop1

1150–1200; Middle English. See dew, drop
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Example Sentences

Birds chirp happily and golden sunrays glisten on morning dewdrops.

In another, a ladybug drinks water from a dewdrop on a long blade of grass.

Alsop took a painterly approach to Mahler’s many details — birdsong and bells, dewdrop harps, the lowing moo of a tuba.

Instead, the dishes the series features — some entirely fanciful, like dwindling dewdrop cake, and others based on the real world, like gingerbread — become vehicles for creativity and problem-solving.

I want the rebirth, the renewal, the rejuvenation, the dewdrops and showers, the first cuckoos and ascendant larks, the dooryard lilacs and budding twigs.

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