Synonyms of the word moisten


MOISTENDAMPEN - DRIZZLE - SPLASH - SPLOSH - SPRINKLE - WASH - WET

moisten

  • v. (transitive) To make moist or moister.
  • v. (intransitive) To become moist or moister.

dampen

  • v. (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
  • v. (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
  • v. (intransitive) To become damp; to deaden.

drizzle

  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
  • v. (cooking) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil or honey in cooking.
  • v. (slang) To urinate.
  • n. Light rain.
  • n. (physics, weather). Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike…
  • n. (slang) Water.
  • n. A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.

splash

  • n. (onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
  • n. A small amount of liquid.
  • n. A small amount (of color).
  • n. A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
  • n. An impact or impression.
  • n. (computing, informal) splash screen.
  • n. (wrestling) A body press; A move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top…
  • v. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
  • v. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
  • v. (transitive) to hit or expel liquid at.
  • v. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
  • v. (transitive) To spend (money).
  • v. To launch a ship.

splosh

  • v. to make the sound of splashing.
  • v. to traverse mushy or marshy wetlands.
  • v. to spill or spill over.
  • n. (countable) A heavy splashing sound.
  • n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Tea (the drink).

sprinkle

  • v. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for…
  • v. (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
  • v. (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
  • v. (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse;…
  • n. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
  • n. A light rain shower.

wash

  • v. To clean with water.
  • v. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
  • v. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing…
  • v. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
  • v. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
  • v. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
  • v. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
  • v. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
  • v. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream,…
  • v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
  • v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
  • v. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide,…
  • v. (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying…
  • n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
  • n. A liquid used for washing.
  • n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
  • n. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and…
  • n. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
  • n. The wake of a moving ship.
  • n. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
  • n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
  • n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
  • n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest…
  • n. A shallow body of water.
  • n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo…
  • n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which…
  • n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used…
  • n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
  • n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
  • n. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
  • n. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
  • n. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles,…
  • n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
  • n. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure…

wet

  • adj. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
  • adj. Of weather or a time period, rainy.
  • adj. Made up of liquid or moisture.
  • adj. (Britain, informal) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
  • adj. (slang, of a woman) sexually aroused.
  • adj. (slang, of a person) Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.
  • adj. (of a scientist or laboratory) Working with chemical or biological matter.
  • adj. (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
  • adj. Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.
  • adj. (fountain pens and calligraphy) Depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
  • adj. (slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
  • adj. (of a burrito, sandwich, etc.) Covered in a sauce.
  • n. Liquid or moisture.
  • n. Rainy weather.
  • n. (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized).
  • n. (Britain, pejorative) A moderate Conservative.
  • n. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
  • n. (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
  • v. (transitive) To accidentally urinate in or on.
  • v. (intransitive) To make or become wet.
  • v. (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
  • v. Misspelling of whet.

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