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Drizzle

Drizzle Meaning & Definition
Drizzle Definition And Meaning

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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