'Moistening' definitions:
Definition of 'moistening'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of making something slightly wet [syn: moistening, dampening]
Definition of 'Moistening'
From: GCIDE
- Moisten \Mois"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Moistening.]
- 1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree. [1913 Webster]
- A pipe a little moistened on the inside. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To soften by making moist; to make tender. [1913 Webster]
- It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'moistening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affusion,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- baptism,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- drenching,
- drowning,
- flooding,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humectant,
- humidification,
- immersion,
- inundation,
- irrigation,
- irrigational,
- irriguous,
- laving,
- rinsing,
- soaking,
- sopping,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- submersion,
- swashing,
- watering,
- wetting