HUMIDIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: humidified

Present simple: I / you / we / they humidify ... he / she / it humidifies

Past simple: humidified

Past participle: humidified

-ing form: humidifying

Meaning:

Make (more) humid

Example:

We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house

Synonyms:

humidify; moisturise; moisturize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "humidify" is one way to...):

dampen; moisten; wash (make moist)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "humidify"):

hydrate (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Antonym:

dehumidify (make less humid)

Derivation:

humidity (wetness in the atmosphere)