"moisturize" meaning in English

See moisturize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃəɹaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moisturize.wav Forms: moisturizes [present, singular, third-person], moisturizing [participle, present], moisturized [participle, past], moisturized [past]
Etymology: From moisture + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moisture|ize}} moisture + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} moisturize (third-person singular simple present moisturizes, present participle moisturizing, simple past and past participle moisturized)
  1. (transitive) To make more moist. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to make more moist): bevochtigen (Dutch), kosteuttaa (Finnish), befeuchten (German), eincremen (note: of skin) (German), humidificar (Spanish), humedecer (Spanish), fukta (Swedish), återfukta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moisturize-en-verb-7AgfyPNd Disambiguation of Liquids: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'to make more moist': 90 10
  2. (transitive) To make more humid. Tags: transitive Translations (to make more humid): natmaken (Dutch), kosteuttaa (Finnish), Feuchtigkeit spenden (German), humidificar (Spanish), humedecer (Spanish), fukta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moisturize-en-verb-0qsEpQt- Disambiguation of 'to make more humid': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moisten, moisturise, humidify

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To make more moist."
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        "(transitive) To make more moist."
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          "word": "kosteuttaa"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "sense": "to make more moist",
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          "sense": "to make more moist",
          "word": "eincremen"
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          "sense": "to make more moist",
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          "sense": "to make more moist",
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        "(transitive) To make more moist."
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        "(transitive) To make more humid."
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
      "word": "bevochtigen"
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    {
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
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      "sense": "to make more moist",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to make more humid",
      "word": "natmaken"
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      "sense": "to make more humid",
      "word": "kosteuttaa"
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