Meaning of DRIZZLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'drizul
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- [n] very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- [v] moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"
- [v] rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"
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| | Synonyms: | | mizzle, mizzle, moisten |
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| | See Also: | | rain, rain, rain down, rainfall, splash, splosh, sprinkle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Driz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drizzled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Drizzling}.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
{Dreary}.]
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. ``Drizzling tears.'' --Spenser.
\Driz"zle\, v. t.
To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. ``The air doth
drizzle dew.'' --Shak.
\Driz"zle\, n.
Fine rain or mist. --Halliwell.
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| | Related Terms: | | blood rain, drum, evening mist, fall, flurry, gout of rain, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisture, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, Scotch mist, sheet of rain, shower, shower down, spatter, spit, splatter, sprinkle, stream, tattoo, unfrozen hydrometeor, weep, wet |
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