Drizzle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To rain gently in fine, mistlike drops.
  • v. To let fall in fine drops or particles: drizzled melted butter over the asparagus.
  • v. To moisten with fine drops: drizzled the asparagus with melted butter.
  • n. A fine, gentle, misty rain.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To rain lightly.
  • v. To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.
  • v. To urinate.
  • n. Light rain.
  • n. . Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.
  • n. Water.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles
  • v. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
  • n. A fine rain or mist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fall, as water from the clouds, in very fine particles; rain in small drops: as, it drizzles; drizzling drops; drizzling rain.
  • To shed in small drops or particles.
  • n. A light rain; mizzle; mist.
  • n. A local English name of the young ling. Also called ling-drizzle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. rain lightly
  • v. moisten with fine drops
  • n. very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
  • Verb Form
    drizzled    drizzles    drizzling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rain down    rain    splosh    splash    sprinkle    rainfall   
    Form
    drizzled    drizzling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mizzle    misle    rain    spray    drow   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Frizell    chisel    fizzle    grizzle    sizzle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    downpour    dampness    sleet    trickle    murk    squall    fog    dusk    drip    overcast