Humid
['hjuːmɪd] or ['hjumɪd]
Definition
(adj.) containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; 'humid air'; 'humid weather' .
Typist: Ralph--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
Typed by Catherine
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Wet, moist, damp, dank.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Moist, wet, vaporous, spongy, damp
ANT:Dry, arid, parched, moistureless
Typed by Claire
Definition
adj. moist: damp: rather wet.—adv. Hū′midly.—ns. Hū′midness Humid′ity moisture: a moderate degree of wetness.
Edited by Lancelot
Examples
- Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Villette owns a climate as variable, though not so humid, as that of any English town. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Usually less seed should be planted per acre under dry-farming conditions than is used in humid sections. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the air is near the saturation point, the weather is oppressive and is said to be very humid. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We found, on each side of the humid pathway, dry land for the sole of the foot. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Conceive a dell, deep-hollowed in forest secresy; it lies in dimness and mist: its turf is dank, its herbage pale and humid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Lancelot