"moisten" meaning in English

See moisten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɔɪsən/ Audio: en-us-moisten.ogg Forms: moistens [present, singular, third-person], moistening [participle, present], moistened [participle, past], moistened [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], moisten [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɔɪsən Etymology: From moist + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moist|en|id2=inchoative}} moist + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} moisten (third-person singular simple present moistens, present participle moistening, simple past and past participle moistened) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. (transitive) To make moist or moister. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to make moist): թրջել (tʻrǰel) (Armenian), навлажнявам (navlažnjavam) (Bulgarian), 使湿润 (Chinese Mandarin), navlhčit (Czech), E9-w-H-mw-nw-A24 (jwḥ) (Egyptian), malsekigi (Esperanto), kostuttaa (Finnish), humidifier (French), mollar (Galician), humedecer (Galician), anfeuchten (German), befeuchten (German), arozetar (Ido), inumidire (Italian), 적시다 (jeoksida) (Korean), madefacio (Latin), lavo (Latin), imbuō (Latin), takawai (Maori), whakamākū (Maori), whakamākūkū (Maori), moisten (Middle English), amoistir (Old French), خیسیدن (xīsīdan) [singular] (Persian), humedecer (Portuguese), umedecer (Portuguese), humidecer (Portuguese), molhar (Portuguese), ch'aranchay (Quechua), huq'uchay (Quechua), uda (Romanian), umezi (Romanian), muia (Romanian), увлажня́ть (uvlažnjátʹ) (Russian), увлажни́ть (uvlažnítʹ) (Russian), вла̏жити [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vlažiti [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vlážiti (Slovene), humedecer (Spanish), mojar (Spanish), humectar (Spanish), зволо́жувати (zvolóžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зволо́жити (zvolóžyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (intransitive) To become moist or moister. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to become moist): թրջվել (tʻrǰvel) (Armenian), навлажнявам се (navlažnjavam se) (Bulgarian), vlhnout (Czech), zvlhnout (Czech), kostua (Finnish), mouiller (French), mollar (Galician), humedecer (Galician), feucht werden (German), humideskar (Ido), nahistua (Ingrian), 젖다 (jeotda) (Korean), خیساندن (xīsāndan) (Persian), увлажня́ться (uvlažnjátʹsja) (Russian), увлажни́ться (uvlažnítʹsja) (Russian), humedecerse (Spanish), mojarse (Spanish), humectarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-moisten-en-verb-vDMI1uGg Disambiguation of Liquids: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Quechua translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 19 11 3 2 18 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 21 21 13 13 7 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Old French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Quechua translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to become moist': 34 66

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To make moist or moister."
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          "roman": "tʻrǰel",
          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "թրջել"
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          "word": "навлажнявам"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "使湿润"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "navlhčit"
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          "roman": "jwḥ",
          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "word": "humidifier"
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          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "amoistir"
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          "word": "mollar"
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "word": "적시다"
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          "word": "takawai"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "whakamākū"
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "muia"
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "vlážiti"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make moist",
          "word": "humedecer"
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvolóžuvaty",
          "sense": "to make moist",
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          "word": "зволо́жувати"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvolóžyty",
          "sense": "to make moist",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeotda",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "젖다"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xīsāndan",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "خیساندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvlažnjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "увлажня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvlažnítʹsja",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "увлажни́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "humedecerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "mojarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become moist",
      "word": "humectarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moisten"
}

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