Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Diffuse wetness that can be felt as vapor in the atmosphere or condensed liquid on the surfaces of objects; dampness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Diffused and sensible wetness; fluid diffused or exuding; damp.
- noun Liquid.
- To moisten; wet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A moderate degree of wetness.
- noun That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A moderate degree of
wetness . --Francis Bacon. - noun That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid;liquid in small quantity.
- noun medicine Skin moisture noted as:
dry ,moist ,clammy , ordiaphoretic as part of theskin signs assessment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wetness caused by water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A call to the Allegheny County Health Department confirms our worst fears: The source of this moisture is almost certainly raccoon saliva.
How the Rabies Epidemic Is Affecting Deer and Other Wildlife 2004
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If the stock is warping or shifting due to changes in moisture content, it could easily affect zero.
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The hatter would place the hat on the pin, and push this into a liquid mercury bath, purging out the moisture from the wool.
What Is It? Game 114 2009
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The hatter would place the hat on the pin, and push this into a liquid mercury bath, purging out the moisture from the wool.
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In parts of the lower portion of the property the moisture is constant, so there is a system of Canals and hidden tubes to drain excess rain and irrigation water.
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Black powder is hygroscopic (draws moisture from the air).
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As convection increases over the warmer waters of the central/eastern Pacific due to the El Nino this moisture is carried towards the US on the sub-tropical jet.
Think Progress » Obama explains climate science to global warming deniers. 2010
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If the stock is warping or shifting due to changes in moisture content, it could easily affect zero.
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Black powder is hygroscopic (draws moisture from the air).
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A fern-grass-sedge pampa covers the summit areas of the larger islands where moisture is retained in temporary pools and sphagnum moss.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
oroboros commented on the word moisture
MoISTure
April 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word moisture
A bit of ure makes all the difference :-)
June 16, 2009