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MIZZLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
Synonyms:
drizzle; mizzle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("mizzle" is a kind of...):
rain; rainfall (water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere)
Derivation:
mizzle (rain lightly)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rain lightly
Example:
When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant
Synonyms:
drizzle; mizzle
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "mizzle" is one way to...):
rain; rain down (precipitate as rain)
Sentence frame:
It is ----ing
Sentence example:
It was mizzleing all day long
Derivation:
mizzle (very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower)
