Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: moist
IPA transcription: [m'ɔɪst]
Pronunciations of moist
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: damp, dampish, moist
    Meaning: slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
Usage examples
  • And he wiped his eyes, still moist.
  • It was rather moist in the Fog Bank.
  • They're rheumatic, it's so moist here."
  • Then something soft and warm and moist passed across my hand.
  • His face was red, and his nose was crimson; his eyes were moist and mawkishly sweet.
  • Drain that off, too, and place the rice where it can have moist heat for a while before serving.
  • "Hun-he!" exclaimed Manstin, bending over the freshly made footprints in the moist bank of the brook.
  • I replied that he had directed they were to be kept in a moist place, and that nobody was to touch them.
  • He took out the cork and dipped a little camel-hair brush in the mixture, withdrawing it moist with fluid.
  • of unpared apples allow 2 oz. of moist sugar, 1/2 teaspoonful of finely-minced lemon-peel, 1 tablespoonful of lemon-juice.
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