drizzle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
    mizzle.
  2. verb rain lightly
    mizzle.
    • When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant
  3. verb moisten with fine drops
    moisten.
    • drizzle the meat with melted butter

WordNet

Driz"zle intransitive verb
Etymology
Prop. freq. of AS. dreósan to fall. See Dreary.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Drizzled ; present participle & verbal noun Drizzling
Definitions
  1. 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.
Driz"zle transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak.
Driz"zle noun
Definitions
  1. Fine rain or mist. Halliwell.

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