(n.) Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
(n.) Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
(n.) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.
(v. t.) To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
(a. & n.) Same as Due, or Duty.
Example Sentences:
(1) As Geoff Dyer notes in his essay for Dewe Mathews's book, her images may "bear a conceptual resemblance to Sternfeld's, but they are taken within the already charged zone of memory that is the Western Front.
(2) Advantages of DEW over the use of conventional manuals are 1) the extensive volume of text, 2) the large number of high quality illustrations, 3) the immediate access to cross references and 4) the potential for continuous revision.
(3) Physiological measurements included local skin and dew-point temperatures.
(4) Photograph: Chloe Dewe Mathews On another trip, Dewe Mathews visited the local council maintenance office in Mazingarbe, Nord–Pas-de-Calais, which is situated in a former abbatoir where 11 British soldiers were executed for desertion between December 1915 and March 1918.
(5) Photograph: Chloe Dewe Mathews His officer namesake later recorded the proceedings in his memoirs: "There are hooks on the post; we always do things thoroughly in the Rifles.
(6) Dew point, however, failed to predict patient load during the 1990 race.
(7) Five male volunteers performed three 180-min experiments (three repeats of 10 min rest, 50 min walking at 440 watts) in an environment of 38 degrees C dry bulb (Tdb), 12 degrees C dew point (Tdp).
(8) Five subjects performed intermittent exercise on a bicycle ergometer (25 min work, 5 min rest cycles for 2 hours, and 20 min work, 10 min rest cycles for a further hour) in a hot environment (air and wall temperatures = 36 degrees C; dew-point temperature = 10 degrees C; air velocity = 0.6 m.s-1).
(9) We have always followed this conservative procedure, as of course in cases of liver echinococcus, that is: cyst enucleation and marcupialisation (Posadas-Dew method), if there are no cyst complications.
(10) Chloe Dewe Mathews: ‘Druid Chris Parks rows his homemade coracle on the upper Thames.
(11) A homogeneous batch of dew retted hackled flax was divided into two portions.
(12) Skrillex and Chance The Rapper Recess tracklist All is Fair In Love And Brostep with Ragga Twins Recess, with Kill the Noise, Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos Stranger, with KillaGraham from Milo and Otis and Sam Dew Try It Out (Neon Mix), with Alvin Risk Coast Is Clear, with Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment Dirty Vibe, with Diplo, G-Dragon from Big Bang and CL from 2NE1 Ragga Bomb, with Ragga Twins Doompy Poomp Fuck That Ease My Mind, with Niki and the Dove Fire Away, with Kid Harpoon
(13) Five subjects exercised on a cycle ergometer for 30 min at 55% peak oxygen consumption on two occasions in an environmental test chamber (ambient temperature = 29 degrees C; dew point temperature = 10 degrees C).
(14) A subline (FL) of a long-term growth-selected line (F) of turkeys was established by mass selecting solely for increased shank width at the narrowest point (dew claw).
(15) The evaluation experiment was, however, very rigid and negatively biased with respect to the DEW system.
(16) Experiments were carried out on four healthy male subjects in two separate sessions: (a) A baseline period of two consecutive nights, one spent at thermoneutrality [operative temperature (To) = 30 degrees C, dew-point temperature (Tdp) = 7 degrees C, air velocity (Va) = 0.2 m.s-1] and the other in hot condition (To = 35 degrees C, Tdp = 7 degrees C, Va = 0.2 m.s-1).
(17) Vivienne Dews, the OFT chief executive, said of the study into SMEs: "Our work suggests there may be competition concerns in this sector.
(18) Sharp retained his chairmanship of £175m lobbying and public relations group Huntsworth, better known in City circles for its trading brands, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Grayling and Red.
(19) Direct dew-point recording offers an easy practical dimension to the study of efficacy of latent heat loss and skin wettedness properties through garments.
(20) "Initially, I was wary of taking on a project about the first world war as I have no personal connection with it," says Dewe Mathews, "but, from a documentary photography perspective, I was drawn to the idea of arriving somewhere 100 years afterwards.
Hail
Definition:
(n.) Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
(v. i.) To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
(v. t.) To pour forcibly down, as hail.
(a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
(v. t.) To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.
(v. t.) To name; to designate; to call.
(v. i.) To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
(v. i.) To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
(v. t.) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
(n.) A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
Example Sentences:
(1) The agreement, hailed as a "landmark" deal and a breakthrough by politicians and the green lobby alike, came before a crucial EU summit opening in Brussels tomorrow at which 27 prime ministers and presidents are supposed to finalise an ambitious package to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020.
(2) "It's very clear now that the administration agrees with us," said Wyden, hailing a switch from both the Bush and Obama administration stance that "collecting these records is vital to western civilisation".
(3) Many other innovations are also being hailed as the future of food, from fake chicken to 3D printing and from algae to lab-grown meat.
(4) Three million of us are behind our team!” trumpets La Republica, who hail “the national team's exemplary behaviour so far, both individually and collectively.” Naturally they were saying exactly the same thing after the defeat to Costa Rica.
(5) The win reduced Chelsea’s lead over them to six points and Pellegrini hailed a first clean sheet in five matches.
(6) Chancellor George Osborne hailed today's GDP data as a sign that the UK is recovering ( see his statement here ).
(7) Read more The agreement earned a mixed initial reception, with the UN hailing a “bold” and “groundbreaking” outcome even as other delegates complained of “a terrible precedent” and lack of moral leadership.
(8) Didi Chuxing also claims it accounts for 87% of China’s ride-hailing market, in which US-based Uber is trying to break through.
(9) Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "Scotland is rightly hailed as a land of food and drink, which is underpinned by the record exports achieved in both areas in 2011.
(10) The draft released last Monday had been hailed by some church observers and gay rights groups as “a stunning change” in how the Catholic hierarchy talked about gay people.
(11) Yet victory at Wembley will be hailed as vindication of the decision to change manager.
(12) This finding has been hailed as a landmark in cell physiology which may reveal new mechanisms of viral pathogenesis.
(13) While the 1998 World Cup victory by a multicultural “black, blanc, beur” French football team led by Zinedine Zidane was hailed as a new beginning for a mixed nation, it did not stop the race rows and monkey chants in French football.
(14) He hailed the party's commitment to lift low and average earners out of tax, and rounded on those who criticised the Lib Dems' proposed "mansion tax" – a tax on properties worth over £2m – as an attack on "ordinary middle-class owners", saying: "You wonder what part of the solar system they live in."
(15) He hailed the decision to award the Games to London, saying: "This is just the most fantastic opportunity to do everything we ever dreamed of in British sport."
(16) Amid reports that the Treasury is concerned about the escalating costs of the project, which have now reached £42.6bn, the chancellor hailed the chance to change the "economic geography" of Britain.
(17) In what is being hailed as one of the first tangible signs in a change of outlook for Greece, the European Investment Bank has also agreed to inject up to €750m into the cashed-starved Greek economy with immediate effect.
(18) The US Department of Justice hailed a “landmark achievement”.
(19) Cameron also did not know about Ashcroft's status as recently as 8 February – by which time Hague knew – when the Tory leader hailed the change in the law in a speech on new politics.
(20) Taxis will still accept customers hailing them from the street.