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1. (v.i.) moisten
to make or become moist.
Etymology: (1570–80)
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| Definition of 'moisten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) moisten, wash, dampen
make moist
"The dew moistened the meadows"
2. (verb) drizzle, moisten
moisten with fine drops
"drizzle the meat with melted butter"
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1. (verb) moisten
to make sth slightly wet
Moisten the cat food with a few drops of water.
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| Definition of 'moisten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) moisten
to make damp; to wet in a small degree
2. (verb) moisten
to soften by making moist; to make tender
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Sense: to wet slightly
He moistened (= licked) his lips.
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 Afrikaans: natmaak, natlek |
 Arabic: يُرَطِّب، يُبَلِّل |
 Bulgarian: увлажнявам |
 Brazilian: umedecer |
 Czech: navlhčit |
 German: be-, anfeuchten |
 Danish: fugte |
 Greek: υγραίνω |
 Spanish: humedecer |
 Estonian: niisutama |
 Farsi: تر کردن |
 Finnish: kostuttaa |
 French: humecter |
 Hebrew: לְלַחלֵחַ |
 Hindi: नम करना |
 Croatian: ovlažiti |
 Hungarian: megnedvesít |
 Indonesian: melembabkan |
 Icelandic: væta, gera rakan |
 Italian: inumidire |
 Japanese: 湿らせる |
 Korean: 축축하게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)drėkinti |
 Latvian: samitrināt |
 Malay: melembapkan |
 Dutch: bevochtigen |
 Norwegian: fukte |
 Polish: zwilżać |
 Persian: تر کردن |
 Pashto: لانده كول |
 Portuguese: humedecer |
 Romanian: a umezi |
 Russian: увлажнить |
 Slovak: navlhčiť |
 Slovenian: navlažiti |
 Serbian: ovlažiti |
 Swedish: fukta |
 Thai: ทำให้เปียก |
 Turkish: hafifçe ıslatmak |
 Taiwanese: 沾濕 |
 Ukrainian: змочувати, зволожувати |
 Urdu: تر کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm ẩm |
 Chinese: 沾弄湿 |
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