Drizzle

  • 11drizzle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, light, slight ▪ persistent, steady DRIZZLE + VERB ▪ fall …

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  • 12drizzle — drizzly, adv. /driz euhl/, v., drizzled, drizzling, n. v.i. 1. to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night. 2. to fall in fine drops. v.t. 3. to rain or let fall in fine drops; sprinkle: He drizzled honey …

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  • 13drizzle — 1. verb /ˈdrɪz.l/ a) To rain lightly. The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil. b) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking. The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it …

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  • 14drizzle — 1. noun 1) they shivered in the drizzle Syn: fine rain, light shower, spray, mist 2) a drizzle of syrup Syn: trickle, dribble, drip, stream, rivulet; sprinkle, sprinkling 2 …

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  • 15drizzle — driz|zle1 [ˈdrızəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dreosan to fall ] 1.) it is drizzling if it is drizzling, light rain and mist come out of the sky ▪ The rain isn t too bad it s only drizzling. 2.) [T always +… …

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  • 16drizzle — I UK [ˈdrɪz(ə)l] / US verb Word forms drizzle : present tense I/you/we/they drizzle he/she/it drizzles present participle drizzling past tense drizzled past participle drizzled 1) [intransitive] to rain in a very light way 2) [transitive] to pour …

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  • 17drizzle — [c]/ˈdrɪzəl / (say drizuhl) verb (drizzled, drizzling) –verb (i) 1. to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle. –verb (t) 2. Cookery to pour (viscous liquid) in a thin stream: to drizzle the oil over the salad. –noun 3. a very light rain …

  • 18drizzle — Ling Ling (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. l[ a]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See {Long}, a.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish ({Molva vulgaris}) of Northern Europe and Greenland …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19drizzle — I. noun Date: 1554 1. a fine misty rain 2. something that is drizzled < a drizzle of syrup > • drizzly adjective II. verb (drizzled; drizzling) Etymology: perhaps alterati …

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  • 20drizzle — driz|zle1 [ drızl ] verb 1. ) intransitive to rain in a very light way 2. ) transitive to pour a small amount of liquid over food that you are preparing drizzle driz|zle 2 [ drızl ] noun singular or uncount very light rain …

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