MOISTURIZE

humidify, moisturize, moisturise

(verb) make (more) humid; “We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

moisturize (third-person singular simple present moisturizes, present participle moisturizing, simple past and past participle moisturized)

(transitive) To make more moist.

(transitive) To make more humid.

Synonyms

• moisten

• moisturise

• humidify

Antonyms

• dry, desiccate

• dehumidify

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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