moisture

Roget-categorie 339

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.2. Fluid matter

#339. Moisture

zelfstandig naamwoord

moisture — moistness etc. adj. — humidity, humectation^† — madefaction^†, dew — serein^† — marsh etc. 345 — hygrometry, hygrometer.

werkwoord

moisten, wet — humect^†, humectate^† — sponge, damp, bedew — imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate — soak, drench etc. (water) 337.
be moist etc. adj. — not have a dry thread — perspire etc. (exude) 295.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

moist, damp — watery etc. 337 — madid^†, roric^† — undried^†, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy^†, dewy — roral^†, rorid^† — roscid^† — juicy.
wringing wet, soaking wet — wet through to the skin — saturated etc. v.. swashy^†, soggy, dabbled — reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy — swampy etc. (marshy) 345 — irriguous^†.

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