Moisten

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  • transitive & intransitive verb . To make or become moist.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become moist.
  • To make moist or damp; wet superficially or in a moderate degree.
  • To soften; make tender.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
  • transitive verb. To soften by making moist; to make tender.
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  • verb. To make moist or moister.
  • verb. To become moist or moister.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. moisten with fine drops
  • verb. make moist
    • Word Usage
    ""moisten" not (the earth). smite ... with all plagues -- Greek, "with (literally, 'in') every plague.""
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    dry  
    Form
    moistened  moistening  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    splash  splosh  sprinkle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bake  bleach  calloused  char  clammy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    asperge  baste  bedew  bemoist  bespatter  
    verb-form
    moistened  moistening  moistens  
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