verb
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To moisten.
adjective
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Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.
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Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.
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Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.
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Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness.
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Watery, liquid, fluid.
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Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.
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Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).
Examples of moist in a Sentence
Closing it behind her, she moved into the cool moist air.
Fog coated the ocean, and a cold, moist wind made her eyes water.
Jack padded to her and thrust his moist nose into her ear.
It seems peculiarly adapted for the mild moist climate of Ireland.
She reached down, scooping up a hand full of the moist snow, and forced it into a loose ball.
On the whole the climate is moist.
There he scooped a bed in the sandy floor, away from the moist walls.
The sand was soft between his toes, and he made his way to where the sand was moist but not wet.
The climate is very moist and warm.
She breathed deeply of the moist night air and relaxed, stretching her feet toward the edge of the porch.
It is a black amorphous powder soluble in concentrated sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and when in the moist state readily oxidizes on exposure.
Rice is cultivated in low-lying, moist lands, where spring and summer temperatures are high.
In the summer a great accumulation of solar heat takes place on the dry surface soil, from which it cannot be released upwards by evaporation, as might be the case were the soil moist or covered with vegetation, nor can it be readily conveyed away downwards as happens on the ocean.
During April (when the seed is usually sown) and May frequent light showers, which keep the ground sufficiently moist to assist germination and the growth of the young plants, are desired.
The words of the cold and moist vegetable Prince were not very comforting, and as he spoke them he turned away and left the enclosure.
Beside him was his comrade Nesvitski, a tall staff officer, extremely stout, with a kindly, smiling, handsome face and moist eyes.
The air of the bathing chamber was rendered moist and heavy by the awaiting bath.
After being well shaken, the liquid was poured into a sterile glass Petrie dish and covered with a moist and sterile bell-jar.
The spores differ from those of ferns in their outer coat (exospore) being split up into four club-shaped hygroscopic threads (elaters) which are curled when moist, but become straightened when dry.
Both have fleshy caps, whitish, moist and clammy to the touch; instead of a pleasant odour, they have a disagreeable one; the stems are ringless, or nearly so; and the gills, which are palish-clay-brown, distinctly touch and grow on to the solid or pithy stem.
The poplars are almost entirely confined to the north temperate zone, but a few approach or even pass its northern limit, and they are widely distributed within that area; they show, like the willows, a partiality for moist ground and often line the river-sides in otherwise treeless districts.
The hornbeam thrives well on stiff, clayey, moist soils, into which its roots penetrate deeply; on chalk or gravel it does not flourish.
The Lenkoran district, sometimes called Talysh, on the western side of the Kizil-Agach bay, is blessed with a rich vegetation, a fertile soil, and a moist climate.
It thrives in a warm atmosphere, even in a very hot one, provided that it is moist and that the transpiration is not in excess of the supply of water.
His eyes were rather moist and glittered more than usual, and as he sat in his saddle, wrapped up in his fur coat, he looked like a child taken out for an outing.
The thinly sliced steak featured in their beef and broccoli dish is tender and moist.
To effect this some of the nutrient gelatin containing yeast cells is placed on the under-surface of the cover-glass of the moist chamber.
This layer he believes specially characteristic of arid dusty regions, while comparatively non-existent in moist climates or where foliage is luxuriant.
The beds are kept artificially moist by the application of water brought from the surface, and the different galleries bear crops in succession.
The oak grows most luxuriantly on deep strong clays, calcareous marl or stiff loam, but will flourish in nearly any deep well-drained soil, excepting peat or loose sand; in marshy or moist places the tree may grow well for a time, but the timber is rarely sound; on hard rocky ground and exposed hillsides.
The advantage of the high conducting power which copper possesses Over- is of especial value in moist climates (like that of the United Kingdom), since the effect of leakage over the surface of the damp insulators is much less noticeable when the conducting power of the wire is high than when it is low, especially when the line is a long one.
Conditions of hyper-turgescence are common in herbaceous plants in wet seasons, or when overcrowded and in situations too moist for them.
Hygrophytes.Plants which are sub-evergreen or evergreen but it scierophyllous, and which live in moist soils; e.g., Lastraea lix-mas, Poa pratensis, Carex ovalis, Plantago lanceolala, and ihillaea Millefolium.
These are connected by the presence of peculiar types, Proteaceae, Restiaceae, Rutaceae, &c., mostly shrubby in habit and on the whole somewhat intolerant of a moist climate.
The climate is moist and sometimes oppressively hot, though pleasant on the whole.
It is best to mow stubble and hay at night when they are moist."
This species prefers a peaty soil, and often grows luxuriantly in very moist situations.
The process was developed by Madame Lefebre in 1859; by Meissner in 1863, who found that moist gases gave a better result; and by Prim in 1882, who sparked the gases under pressure; it was also used by Lord Rayleigh in his isolation of argon.
At first it becomes more coarse-grained, like the Firn Schnee of the Alps, and is moist by melting during the summer.
Care must be taken that the roots always have a sufficient supply of moisture and that the soil is moist wherever the roots run.
Acids and moist heat induce similar changes.
Take off grafts, and lay them aside in moist earth in a shady place.
Transplant evergreens in moist weather, about the end of the month; and propagate them by layers and cuttings.
Great care must be taken to syringe the leaves thoroughly at least once a day, and to deluge the paths with water, so as to produce a moist atmosphere.
Every precaution must be used to keep the air moist.
The atmosphere of the greenhouse must be kept moist.
Holtz's machine is very uncertain in its action in a moist climate, and has generally to be enclosed in a chamber in which the air is kept artificially dry.
Any uncondensed bromine vapour is absorbed by moist iron borings, and the resulting iron bromide is used for the manufacture of potassium bromide.
A cool, moist compress may also help the pain.
Cuttings are set in a rooting mixture of two parts sand to one part peat moss, which should be barely moist.