Drew vs Dew - What's the difference?
drew | dew |
(draw)
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 (uncountable) moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
(countable, but see usage notes) an instance of a such moisture settling on plants, etc.
(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
(figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
* Shakespeare
An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
* Longfellow
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
* A. B. Saxton
As verbs the difference between drew and dew
is that drew is simple past of draw while dew is to wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.As a proper noun Drew
is a male given name.As a noun dew is
moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.As an acronym DEW is
distant Early Warning.drew
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Verb
(head)citation, passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.}}
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*dew
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(wikipedia dew)Noun
- There was a heavy dew this morning.
- The golden dew of sleep.
- The dew of his youth.
Usage notes
* Although the countable sense is still used, the plural form is now archaic or poetic only.Synonyms
* (moisture settling on plants) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- The grasses grew / A little ranker since they dewed them so.