dew drop

Grass-blade pearl

A dew drop is a small bead of moisture that forms on surfaces overnight as water vapor condenses in cool air.

The term evokes freshness and delicacy—something pristine and fleeting that vanishes with morning sun.

Dew drops glistened on the grass.

Also spelled as one word: dewdrop.

Related

morning · early light · water · trembling · evaporation · prismatic · bead · surface tension · leaf surface · blade of grass · fragility · quivering · sparkle · spider web · delicate · capillary action · fog · humidity

Categories
Opposites
precipitation/moisture form

dew drophail

Icy precipitation pellets

downpour · deluge · hailstone · frost · ice

scale/quantity of water

dew dropflood

Overwhelming water overflow

deluge · torrent · ocean · tsunami · downpour

delicacy/ephemerality

dew dropboulder

Large weathered stone

mountain · bedrock · glacier · permanence · monolith

Family

dewdrop, dewdrops

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G