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DRIZZLE
drizzle, mizzle
(noun) very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
drizzle, moisten
(verb) moisten with fine drops; “drizzle the meat with melted butter”
drizzle, mizzle
(verb) rain lightly; “When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
drizzle (third-person singular simple present drizzles, present participle drizzling, simple past and past participle drizzled)
(impersonal) To rain lightly.
(ambitransitive) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
(cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.
(cooking, transitive) To cover by pouring in this manner.
(slang) To urinate.
(dated) To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.
Noun
drizzle (countable and uncountable, plural drizzles)
Light rain.
(physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
(slang) Water.
(baking) A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.
Anagrams
• rizzled
Source: Wiktionary
Driz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drizzling.] Etym: [Prop. freq. of AS. dreĂłsan to fall. See Dreary.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak.
Driz"zle, n.
Definition: Fine rain or mist. Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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