Definitions for drizzle
ˈdrɪz əldriz·zle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drizzle, mizzleverb

   very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

2. drizzle, mizzleverb

   rain lightly

   "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"

3. drizzle, moistenverb

   moisten with fine drops

   "drizzle the meat with melted butter"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drizzlenoun

   Light rain.

2. drizzlenoun

   . Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.

   No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle.

3. drizzlenoun

   Water.

   Stop drinking all of my drizzle!

4. drizzleverb

   To rain lightly.

5. drizzleverb

   To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.

6. drizzleverb

   To urinate.

7. Etymology: Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of drysning, from drysnan, related to dreosan, making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DRIZZLEverb

   To shed in small slow drops; as Winter rains.

   Etymology: driselen, German, to shed dew.

   When the sun sets the air doth drizzle dew. William Shakespeare.

   Though now this face of mine be hid
   In sap-consuming Winter’s drizzled snow,
   And all the conduits of my blood froze up,
   Yet hath my night of life some memory. William Shakespeare.

2. To Drizzleverb

   To fall in short slow drops.

   And drizzling drops that often do redound,
   The firmest flint doth in continuance wear. Edmund Spenser.

   Her heart did melt in great compassion,
   And drizzling tears did shed for pure affection. Fairy Queen.

   This day will pour down,
   If I conjecture ought, no drizzling show’r,
   But rattling storm of arrows barb’d with fire. John Milton.

   The neighbouring mountains, by reason of their height, are more exposed to the dews and drizzling rains than any of the adjacent parts. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drizzle

   Drizzle is a light precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter. Drizzle is normally produced by low stratiform clouds and stratocumulus clouds. Precipitation rates from drizzle are on the order of a millimetre (0.04 in) per day or less at the ground. Owing to the small size of drizzle drops, under many circumstances drizzle largely evaporates before reaching the surface and so may be undetected by observers on the ground. The METAR code for drizzle is DZ and for freezing drizzle is FZDZ.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drizzleverb

   to rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain

2. Drizzleverb

   to shed slowly in minute drops or particles

3. Drizzlenoun

   fine rain or mist

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drizzle

   Drizzle is a light liquid precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain - generally smaller than 0.5 mm in diameter. Drizzle is normally produced by low stratiform clouds and stratocumulus clouds. Precipitation rates from drizzle are on the order of a millimetre per day or less at the ground. Owing to the small size of drizzle drops, under many circumstances drizzle largely evaporates before reaching the surface and so may be undetected by observers on the ground. The METAR code for drizzle is DZ.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drizzle

   driz′l, v.i. to rain in small drops.—v.t. (Shak.) to shed in small drops.—n. a small, light rain.—adj. Drizz′ly. [Freq. of M. E. dresen—A.S. dreósan, to fall; Norw. drjosa, Goth. driusan.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drizzle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drizzle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of drizzle in a Sentence

1. Alyssa Dweck:

   Again, it’s those three hormones, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, that decrease and cause a weakened orgasm response that can be more like a drizzle than a thunderstorm.

2. Gina Hassick:

   I would stick with two pancakes for an appropriate serving size, top with cinnamon and blueberries or bananas, and drizzle lightly with pure maple syrup.

3. David Deptula:

   The ultimate guidance rests in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we have been applying air power like a rain shower or a drizzle -- for it to be effective, it needs to be applied like a thunderstorm.

4. Avigdor Liberman:

   If Iran hits us with a drizzle here, we will hit them with a downpour there. there are many radical Islamists, but Iran is the only one which is really.

5. My Nguyen:

   Custard toast is a complete meal with complex carbs if you choose a whole grain bread, protein and fat from the Greek yogurt and eggs and micronutrients and antioxidants from the berries, the drizzle of maple syrup or agave slightly sweetens it up so you have all the pleasure points of sweet and savory.

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