Moist
[mɒɪst] or [mɔɪst]
Definition
(a.) Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air.
(a.) Fresh, or new.
(v. t.) To moisten.
Typed by Benjamin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Damp, humid, dank, wet.
Inputed by Augustine
Definition
adj. damp: humid: juicy: containing water or other liquid.—vs.t. Moist′en Moist (obs.) to make moist: to wet slightly; Moist′ify to make moist.—ns. Moist′ness; Moist′ure moistness: that which makes slightly wet: a small quantity of any liquid.
Typist: Remington
Examples
- Keeps the organ moist, does it, Wegg? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A cold, moist, slimy something fastened itself upon my throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Keep a pie pan filled with water in the ventilator for moisture and keep two or three moist sponges in the egg drawer, displacing a few eggs for the purpose. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Substances which, like the earth, the human body, and all other moist objects, conduct electricity are conductors. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As the moist material is drawn through the bleaching solution, the acid on the fabric acts upon the solution and releases chlorine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At that point, however, as it happens, there is a broadish ditch, moist at the bottom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When the mingled animal and vegetable matter sank into moist earth and came under the influence of pressure, it was slowly changed into oil and gas. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I certainly saw something moist about her eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Moist phases mean, on the other hand, cooler days and warmer nights. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Craig