About The Word Drizzle
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Drizzle
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What's The Definition Of Drizzle?
[n] very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
[v] moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [v] rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" Synonyms | Synonyms for Drizzle: mizzle | mizzle | moisten Related Terms | Find terms related to Drizzle: blood rain | drum | evening mist | fall | flurry | gout of rain | mist | misty rain | mizzle | moisture | patter | pelt | pitter-patter | pour | pour with rain | precipitate | precipitation | rain | rain tadpoles | raindrop | rainfall | rainwater | Scotch mist | sheet of rain | shower | shower down | spatter | spit | splatter | sprinkle | stream | tattoo | unfrozen hydrometeor | weep | wet See Also | rain | rain | rain down | rainfall | splash | splosh | sprinkle Drizzle In Webster's Dictionary \Driz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drizzled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Drizzling}.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
{Dreary}.]
To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from
the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles;
drizzling drops or rain. ``Drizzling tears.'' --Spenser.
\Driz"zle\, v. t. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. ``The air doth drizzle dew.'' --Shak. \Driz"zle\, n. Fine rain or mist. --Halliwell. |
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