Complete Definition of "moist"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-moist.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|/m�ɪst/

Adjective
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  1. Slightly wet.

#* 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 3.
#*: Thales, the founder of this type of philosophy, says the principle is water (for which reason he declared that the earth rest on water_, getting the notion perhaps from seeing that the nutriment of all things is moist,

  1. About to cry.

Synonyms
damp

Related terms
moisten
moisture

Translations
trans-top|wet
Dutch: vochtig, nattig
Finnish: kostea
French: humide (skin: moite) m|f
German: feucht
Greek: νο�ι�μένο�, νο�ε���, �γ���
Icelandic: rakur, tárvotur
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Indonesian: lembap
Italian: umido m, umida f
Russian: влажн�й (vlážnyj)
Portuguese: húmido m, húmida f
Spanish: húmedo
Swedish: fuktig
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trans-top|about to cry
Finnish: itku|itkun partaalla
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ttbc|Catalan: humit m, humida f (1)
ttbc|Chinese Characters: 湿, 溼, �
ttbc|Chinese: 潮�, 潮湿
ttbc|Romanian: umed m, umed� f
ttbc|Slovak: vlhký m, vlhká f, vlhké n
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