Moisture

Definitions

1. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
   uncountable, usually
2. The state of being moist.
   uncountable, usually
3. Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

49 more languages

Afrikaansvog

العربيةالرطوبةرشحرطوبة

Azərbaycan dilinəm

Беларускаявільгацьвільго́тнасць

Българскивлагавла́жност

Bosanskinemvlagaвлагавлажностнам+ 2 more

Catalàhumitat

Češtinavláhavlhkovlhkost

Ελληνικάυγρασία

Esperantomalsekeco

فارسیرطوبتنم

Suomikosteus

Gaeilgetaisleach

Galegohumedénhumidadelentura

עבריתלחותרטיבות

हिन्दीआर्द्रतागीलापननमीसीलन+ 1 more

Hrvatskinemvlagaвлагавлажностнам+ 2 more

Magyarnedvességnyirkosság

Հայերենթացություն

Italianoumidità

日本語水分水気湿り気湿気潤い潤み+ 3 more

Қазақ тілідым

ភាសាខ្មែរសំណើមសន្សើម

한국어습기

Kurdînem

Кыргызчаным

Latinamadorrossucussudoruligoumiditasumoruvor+ 5 more

Lietuviųdrėgmė

Latviešumiklumsmitrumsslapjumsvalganumsvalgmevalgums+ 3 more

Македонскивлага

മലയാളംഈർപ്പം

Bahasa Melayukelembapan

Nederlandsvochtvochtigheid

Polskiwilgoćwilgotność

Portuguêshumidadeumidade

Românăumezeală

Русскийвлагавлажность

Slovenčinavlahavlhkosť

Shqiplagështirë

Српскиnemvlagaвлагавлажностнам+ 2 more

Svenskafuktfuktighet

Тоҷикӣнамрутубат

ไทยความชื้น

Tagaloghalumigmighamilsayimsim

Türkçenemrutubet

Українськаво́гкістьвологаволо́гість

اردونمی

O'zbekchanamlik

Tiếng Việtđộ ẩm

Examples

“drops / beads of moisture”

“I cannot weep⟳; for all my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart:”

“And some [seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”

“[…] Nicholas Nickleby’s eyes were dimmed with a moisture that might have⟳ been taken for tears.”

“[…] as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like⟳ an animal, till I could see⟳ in the moonlight the moisture shining on the scarlet lips and on the red tongue as it lapped the white sharp teeth.”

“The sage—low-growing and shrubby—could hold⟳ its place⟳ on the mountain slopes and on the plains, and within its small gray leaves it could hold⟳ moisture enough to defy the thieving winds.”

“[…] all Exclusion of Open⟳ Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:”

“Such was the discord, which did first disperse Forme, order⟳, beauty through the universe; While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists, All that we have⟳, and that we are subsists:”

“[The organs of touch⟳ are excited] by the unceasing variations of the heat, moisture, and pressure of the atmosphere;”

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