'Drizzle' definitions:

Definition of 'drizzle'

(from WordNet)
noun
Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower [syn: drizzle, mizzle]
verb
Rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle]
verb
Moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [syn: drizzle, moisten]

Definition of 'Drizzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. t. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drizzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Drizzle \Driz"zle\, n. A fine rain or mist. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drizzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drizzling.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san to fall. See Dreary.] To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain. "Drizzling tears." --Spenser.
  • Syn: mizzle, misle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'drizzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G. l[aum]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named from its being long. See Long, a.] (Zool.) (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle. (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario. (c) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada] (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'drizzle'

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Words containing 'Drizzle'