MOISTEN Synonyms

• a slight wetness

• slightly wet

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• restrain or discourage

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• lessen in force or effect

• make (more) humid

• any compound that contains water of crystallization

• supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance

• become hydrated and combine with water

• cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to

• supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

• supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting

• slightly wet

• cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

• infuse or fill completely

• the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

• washing something by allowing it to soak

• submerge in a liquid

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• beat severely

• make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

• become drunk or drink excessively

• fill, soak, or imbue totally

• heat a metal prior to working it

• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

• the act of sprinkling or splashing water

• distribute loosely

• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

• rain gently

• scatter with liquid; wet lightly

• binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

• the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm

• a facility that provides a source of water

• liquid excretory product

• a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants

• supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

• provide with water

• secrete or form water, as tears or saliva

• fill with tears

• covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

• containing moisture or volatile components

• supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

• producing or secreting milk

• wetness caused by water

• consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

• very drunk

• cause to become wet

• make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

• very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

• rain lightly

• moisten with fine drops

• a thin coat of water-base paint

• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

• the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

• the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

• any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

• clean with some chemical process

• cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

• move by or as if by water

• be capable of being washed

• admit to testing or proof

• separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

• apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

• form by erosion

• make moist

• wash or flow against

• wash by removing particles

• to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking