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moist

/mɔɪst/

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What does moist mean?

adjective

  1. Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
  2. Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
  3. Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
More meanings (13)

adjective

  1. (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
  2. Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
  3. Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
  4. (historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
  5. (obsolete) Fluid, liquid, watery.
  6. (obsolete) Bringing moisture or rain.

noun

  1. Moistness; also, moisture.
  2. A follower of the religion of Moism.

verb

  1. To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.
  2. To rain lightly; to drizzle.
  3. (figuratively, obsolete) To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
  4. (obsolete) To have an effect of moistening or wetting.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
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IPA pronunciation

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He was still pale and looked somewhat chastened, and the lock of hair that hung down over his forehead was distinctly moist.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
Prim, right-angled paths neatly bordered with clamshells, intersected it like moist red ribbons and in the beds between old-fashioned flowers ran riot.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
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Dorothea’s eyes had a moist brightness in them, and the changed tones of her voice roused her uncle, who began to listen.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
He held on savagely, and stuck out his feet to act as brakes on the dark slope of the hot, moist earth.
Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle BookProject Gutenberg ebook #236
The beast he took hold of seemed very small, and, as he mounted, he felt that its sides were moist and slimy.
Sara Cone BryantStories to Tell to ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #473