Thesaurus: moist
Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air.
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Definitions
- a. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air.
- a. Fresh, or new.
- v. t. To moisten.
- adj. slightly wet
- 1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak. 2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer. To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.
- To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.