verb
Meaning 1
To make more moist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- moisturize your skin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
moisturize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃəɹaɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To make more humid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
make (more) humid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humidify, moisturise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: moisten, wash, dampen
Narrower terms: hydrate
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English moisture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English moisturize From moisture + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رَطَّبَ (raṭṭaba) — to make more moist
- Dutch: bevochtigen — to make more moist
- Finnish: kosteuttaa — to make more moist
- German: befeuchten — to make more moist
- German: eincremen — to make more moist
- Spanish: humidificar — to make more moist
- Spanish: humedecer — to make more moist
- Swedish: fukta — to make more moist
- Swedish: återfukta — to make more moist
- Turkish: nemlendirmek — to make more moist
- Dutch: natmaken — to make more humid
- Finnish: kosteuttaa — to make more humid
- German: Feuchtigkeit spenden — to make more humid
- Spanish: humidificar — to make more humid
- Spanish: humedecer — to make more humid
- Swedish: fukta — to make more humid