moisture

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UK /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃə/ US /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃɚ/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

excess | earth, soil | body

QUANT

bead, drop, droplet

VERB + MOISTURE

absorb, draw (in/up)

The cloth quickly absorbed the moisture from the wet floor.

conserve, hold (in), retain | lose

MOISTURE + VERB

get in, penetrate sth

Damp can get into your wooden furniture if you leave it in a basement for too long.

evaporate

MOISTURE + NOUN

loss | content

PREP

~ in

The bathroom mirror gets foggy because of all the moisture in the air.

Definitions

noun

That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

drops / beads of moisture

I cannot weep; for all my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart:

The state of being moist.

[…] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:

Such was the discord, which did first disperse Forme, order, beauty through the universe; While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists, All that we have, and that we are subsists:

Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — wetness caused by water

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

drops / beads of moisture

Wiktionary

I cannot weep; for all my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart:

Wiktionary

And some [seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

Wiktionary

As for the air, there is always some moisture in the atmosphere, but when the amount increases a great deal, it affects the light waves.

Tatoeba · #18241

If your windows are not airtight, moisture will seep in.

Tatoeba · #20271

If you watch the sun setting on a warm, damp day, you can see the moisture changing the shape of the sun.

Tatoeba · #67201

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