moistens
Makes slightly wet
Moistens means makes slightly wet.
Water moistens soil, tears moisten eyes, a cook moistens dough.
The word implies adding just enough liquid to dampen without soaking: She moistens the envelope flap before sealing it.
Eyes that moisten with emotion suggest tears forming but not yet falling.
Saturated with liquid
- dampenWet slightly or diminish
- soakSaturate with liquid
- sprinkleLight scattering of particles
- drizzleVery light precipitation
mist · humidify · bedew · dew · fog · drench · saturate · waterlog
Day's early hours
- grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
- petalsColored bloom segments
- mistFine airborne moisture
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
glisten · dawn · garden · freshness · condensation · meadow · lush · verdant
wet
Saturated with liquid
drizzle · mist · humidify · bedew · dew · fog · drench · saturate · waterlog · sodden
morning
Day's early hours
droplets · glisten · dawn · garden · freshness · condensation · meadow · lush · verdant · bloom
sprinkle
Light scattering of particles
- quenchSatisfy or extinguish
- revitalizeRestore strength and vitality
- freshenTo restore liveliness
renew · invigorate · nourish · cool · mist · splash · revive · restore · enliven · rehydrate
irrigate
Supply land with water
permeate · steep · imbue · bathe · immerse · penetrate · absorb · seep · skin · lotion
moistensdries
Loses moisture content
dries out · dehydrates · parches · desiccates · drains
moisten, moistened, moistening, unmoistened, moistener, remoistened, premoistened, premoisten