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MOISTENING
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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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