drizzled

Fell in mist

Drizzled is the past tense of drizzle.

Rain that drizzled fell lightly in fine drops.

In cooking, to drizzle is to pour a thin stream of liquid over food: She drizzled olive oil over the salad, drizzled with balsamic glaze.

The culinary sense dominates contemporary usage, evoking artful finishing touches.

culinary

syrup

Thick sugar liquid

glaze · olive oil · balsamic · vinaigrette · sauce · icing · maple · molasses · tahini · ganache

rain

sprinkled

Dispersed in droplets

droplets · pitter-patter · dampened · moistened · light rain · sprinkling · precipitation · overcast · gray skies · umbrellas

Categories
Opposites
precipitation intensity

drizzledpoured

Made liquid flow out

torrented · deluged · pelted · bucketed · lashed

weather conditions

drizzledsunny

Bright with daylight

bright · clear · dry · cloudless · fair

LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD (culinary)

drizzleddrenched

Thoroughly wet throughout

doused · smothered · soaked · flooded · slathered

Phrases
Family

drizzle, drizzling, drizzles, drizzly

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G