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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
moist
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
moist/damp
▪ I slipped on the damp earth and fell over.
moist/dry
▪ Keep the soil moist.
▪ The soil was dry after three weeks without rain.
moist/watery/tearful (=full of tears)
▪ Bethan’s eyes grew moist as she talked about her family.
tearful/moist/misty (=feeling that you want to cry)
▪ As she left a village, people waved at her with tearful eyes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
air
▪ Damp leaves, moist air and a faint atmosphere of dereliction made my riverside walk feel sadly autumnal.
▪ But this time there was silence behind the clanging bells, and a slight stirring in the warm, moist air.
▪ The dust mite, which thrives in warm, moist air, is the greatest source of allergens for asthmatics.
soil
▪ They should be planted in moist soil that is high in organic content for best results.
▪ The fungus grows best on the surface of moist soils, containing bird and bat droppings.
▪ What it does require, however, is a moist soil rather than one that is very dry.
▪ A rich, moist soil and an open situation he considered ideal for producing the best blooms.
▪ A rich, moist soil adds further to its comfort though it should not be planted with less virile subject.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a moist chocolate cake
▪ The mixture should be slightly moist, but not sticky.
▪ The sandwiches are made with moist slices of chicken breast, topped with various ingredients.
▪ Water the plants regularly to keep the soil moist.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Beneath the overcast sky the air was hot and moist.
▪ It is true that the deep forests are moist, but they are entirely without permanent standing water.
▪ Just pinch them off and plant in seed compost, which should be kept barely moist in a bright, warm place.
▪ Star fruit trees like well-draining, moist and slightly acid soil.
▪ Sugar shone on his mouth, spilled as he thrust into the dancers, his moist lips reddened.
▪ The moist, mossy smell was soothing.
▪ Their eggs are also laid on moist ground and the males crouch beside them on guard.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moist

Moist \Moist\, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]

  1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. ``Moist eyes.''
    --Shak.

  2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] ``Shoes full moist and new.'' ``A draught of moist and corny ale.''
    --Chaucer.

Moist

Moist \Moist\, v. t. To moisten. [Obs.]
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
moist

late 14c., "moist, wet; well-irrigated," from Old French moiste "damp, wet, soaked" (13c., Modern French moite), from Vulgar Latin *muscidus "moldy," also "wet," from Latin mucidus "slimy, moldy, musty," from mucus "slime" (see mucus). Alternative etymology [Diez] is from Latin musteus "fresh, green, new," literally "like new wine," from musteum "new wine" (see must (n.1)). If this wasn't the source, it influenced the form of the other word in Old French. Related: Moistly; moistness.

Wiktionary
moist

a. 1 Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. (from 14th c.) 2 Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. (from 14th c.) 3 Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp. (from 14th c.) 4 (context science now historical English) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterised by wetness. (from 14th c.) 5 (context obsolete English) watery, liquid, fluid. (14th-17th c.) 6 (context medicine English) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc. (from 14th c.) 7 (context colloquial English) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman). (from 20th c.)

WordNet
moist

adj. slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: damp, dampish]

Wikipedia
Moist (jazz fusion band)

Moist was the name of a 2005 musical group of jazz metallers from London, United Kingdom; a quartet featuring Ralf Littlejohn on saxophone, Peter Marsh on bass, Andy Cato on drums and Simon Hopkins on guitar. They are all ex-members of LOB, another band which operated from the late 1990s to 2004, also in London.

Moist (Canadian band)

Moist is a Canadian alternative rock band that originally formed in 1992. It consists of David Usher as lead vocalist, Mark Makoway on lead guitars, Jonathan Gallivan on guitars, Kevin Young on keyboards, Francis Fillion on drums and Louis Lalancette on bass. The band's original drummer Paul Wilcox left the band just before its hiatus in 2000, and original bassist Jeff Pearce departed shortly after its reestablishment in early 2014.

After releasing an independent demo cassette in 1993, Moist was signed by EMI Music and released three official studio albums throughout the 1990s, becoming a staple of Canadian music culture. Shortly after releasing a compilation album in 2001, the band underwent an unplanned hiatus for over a decade, and then became officially reestablished in June 2013. Shortly after reuniting, the band began work on their fourth studio album, entitled Glory Under Dangerous Skies, which was released on October 7, 2014.

Moist

Moist describes the presence of moisture. It may also refer to:

In music:

  • Moist (Canadian band), a Canadian alternative rock band
  • Moist (jazz fusion band), a 2005 musical group of jazz metallers from London, United Kingdom
  • "Moist", a song by Janet Jackson from her 2004 album Damita Jo

Other:

  • Michelle Moist (born 1986), model, pornographic actress and DJ
  • Moist, a fictional character in Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
  • Moist von Lipwig, a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
  • Moists (or Mohists), followers of the Chinese philosophy called Mohism (or Moism)

Usage examples of "moist".

As he suckled her breast, the scratch of his beard abraded her moist flesh.

It was ascertained in several cases that this sensitiveness resides in the tip, which transmits an influence causing the adjoining upper part to bend in opposition to geotropism towards the moist object.

Thus we are told that earth cannot have concrete existence without the help of some moist element--the moisture in water being the necessary adhesive--but admitting that we so find it, there is still a contradiction in pretending that any one element has a being of its own and in the same breath denying its self-coherence, making its subsistence depend upon others, and so, in reality, reducing the specific element to nothing.

The Hemp Agrimony grows with us in moist, shady places, with a tall reddish stem, and with terminal crowded heads of dull lilac flowers.

So we both alleged a state of utter repletion, and did not solve the mystery of the contents of the cupboard,--not too luxurious, it may be conjectured, and yet kindly offered, so that we felt there was a moist filament of the social instinct running like a nerve through that exsiccated and almost anhydrous organism.

Another sign, which he recognized as hopeful, was that during the last few miles of the march the soil had become moist and level, whilst here and there the appearance of tiny rivulets indicated that an aqueous network existed in the subsoil.

It was twelve twenty-two, and if I could get down to the deli fast enough, the turkey would still be moist and the baguette would still be edible.

While the poets cast mocking glances at one another, while Greflinger whistled a tune, while Birken smiled with moist lips, Schneuber waxed offensive under his breath, and Lauremberg inquired what had become of young Scheffler.

The Bosquet was a favourite retreat of his, with its shadows and silence and its moist green gloom.

After breakfast was over I told him in a serious voice that if he would give me a free hand I could cure him, as he was not suffering from sciatica but from a moist and windy humour which I could disperse my means of the Talisman of Solomon and five mystic words.

Don was holding his datacom tightly in his hand, and its plastic shell was now moist with his perspiration.

I began to consider of the intelligible effect of honest loue, and withall of the cleerenes of the skies, the sweete and milde aire, the delightfull site, the pleasant countrie, the green grasse decked with diuersity of flowers, the faire hils adorned with thicke woods, the quiet time, fresh windes, and fruitfull place, beautifully enriched with diffluent streames, sliding downe the moist vallies betwixt the crooked hils in their grauelled channels, and into the next seas with a continued course softly vnlading themselues.

Yet the stone floor in a circle around Lobsang Drom was moist with melted snow.

My nether female parts I could feel getting engorged and warm and moist.

How the bitter salt tears of the Magdelene fell upon soil ensanguined and moist with the shed blood of the Messiah.