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MOISTENING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something slightly wet

Synonyms:

dampening; moistening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("moistening" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moistening"):

basting (moistening a roast as it is cooking)

Derivation:

moisten (make moist)

moisten (moisten with fine drops)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb moisten

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