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- verb Present participle of
humidify .
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Examples
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Try milder measures first, such as humidifying the air to moisten dry airways, drinking hot liquids, and sucking on non-medicated lozenges.
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Try milder measures first, such as humidifying the air to moisten dry airways, drinking hot liquids, and sucking on non-medicated lozenges.
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"I'm essentially humidifying the space," she said as she puffed away.
Katherine Heigl: The Crazy Way I Quit Smoking (VIDEO) Katy Hall 2010
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Fueled by 85-degree ocean water, amidst weakening vertical wind shear (changing of the wind with height) and a progressively humidifying environment, Richard's maximum sustained winds peaked at 90 mph just prior to its landfall roughly 20 miles south of Belize City late Sunday.
Richard's troublesome tropical journey Greg Postel 2010
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For other works, conservation treatments include reducing stains with a mixture of distilled water and ethyl alcohol; removing glue with a cotton swab dipped in de-ionized water; humidifying and flattening pages; and resewing bindings by hand.
The New York Public Library: From Vault to Exhibition Gallery: Conserving Library Treasures The New York Public Library 2010
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The Machine lurked in the corner doing whatever it is Machines do, darkly, loudly, humidifying.
The Tools zombietron 2009
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"I'm essentially humidifying the space," she said as she puffed away.
Katherine Heigl: The Crazy Way I Quit Smoking (VIDEO) Katy Hall 2010
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The Machine lurked in the corner doing whatever it is Machines do, darkly, loudly, humidifying.
Archive 2009-04-01 zombietron 2009
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If anything, it was related to humidifying the air because textile engineer Stuart Cramer coined the term in his 1906 patent filing for a mechanism that would moisturize the air -- and condition the yarn -- in textile plants.
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The restorers will also need to release the old bindings and mountings, and to clean the pages in an expensive humidifying process.
V&A museum pleads for cash to save Charles Dickens's manuscripts Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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