Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become moist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become moist.
- To make moist or damp; wet superficially or in a moderate degree.
- To soften; make tender.
from 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make
moist ormoister . - verb intransitive To become moist or moister.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb moisten with fine drops
- verb make moist
Etymologies
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Examples
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"moisten" not (the earth). smite ... with all plagues -- Greek, "with (literally, 'in') every plague."
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Add the dry ingedients and mix quickly but gently to just moisten the ingredients.
Archive 2009-08-01 Sarah 2009
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Use the juice to moisten your bulgur instead of water.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Use the juice to moisten your bulgur instead of water.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Stir dry mixture gently into the wet ingredients to just moisten, then fold in the rhubarb and berries until the flour is just mixed through.
Archive 2009-05-01 Sarah 2009
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Spooned over warm toast, the mushrooms and gravy moisten the bread, and the contrasting textures that result—crunchy, silky, creamy and chewy—play nicely together.
Mushroom Bruschetta With Arugula Kitty Greenwald 2011
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The great psychologist Carl Rogers said, Almost always, when a person feels he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten.
Stephen R. Covey: Happy Holidays? Dealing with Difficult Family Relationships: The 3rd Alternative Stephen R. Covey 2011
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Stir dry mixture gently into the wet ingredients to just moisten, then fold in the rhubarb and berries until the flour is just mixed through.
What Seymour Made! Sarah 2009
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The great psychologist Carl Rogers said, Almost always, when a person feels he has been deeply heard, his eyes moisten.
Stephen R. Covey: Happy Holidays? Dealing with Difficult Family Relationships: The 3rd Alternative Stephen R. Covey 2011
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Add the dry ingedients and mix quickly but gently to just moisten the ingredients.
Keep Your Costco Confections! Sarah 2009
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