morning dew

Grass at sunrise

Morning dew is the moisture that forms on grass, leaves, and other surfaces overnight, visible in the early hours before the sun evaporates it.

The phrase evokes freshness and the quiet of early day: The garden sparkled with morning dew.

Figuratively, it suggests something pure, fleeting, or delicate.

Related

first light · mist · sunrise · glistening · moisture · fresh · fresh air · wet · sparkle · condensation · early · cool · lawn · petals · fog · crisp · spiderweb · spider silk

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Opposites
moisture state

morning dewdrought

Prolonged water scarcity

dryness · aridity · bone-dry · dry heat · desiccation

temperature/phase of water

morning dewfrost

Thin ice coating

hoarfrost · rime · ice crystals · ice · freezing

symbolic/poetic meaning

morning dewscorching sun

Intensely hot star overhead

withering · dust

Family

morning, dew, morn, mornings, dews, dewy, dewdrop, dewdrops, morrow

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G