Meaning of MOISTURE
| Pronunciation: | | 'moyschur
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| | Definition: | | [n] wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" |
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| | Synonyms: | | wet |
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| | See Also: | | wetness | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mois"ture\, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.]
1. A moderate degree of wetness. --Bacon.
2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid;
liquid in small quantity.
All my body's moisture Scarce serves to quench my
furnace-burning heat. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | blood rain, chylifaction, chylification, drizzle, evening mist, fall, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flurry, flux, fluxility, fluxion, gout of rain, juiciness, lactation, lactescence, liquefaction, liquidness, milkiness, mist, misty rain, mizzle, patter, pitter-patter, precipitation, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, rheuminess, sappiness, Scotch mist, serosity, sheet of rain, shower, splatter, sprinkle, succulence, suppuration, unfrozen hydrometeor, wateriness, wet |
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