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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
moisten
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lip
▪ She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue and his sudden tension told her she was right.
▪ I would calm my rage, moisten my dry lips, force his return if only by the strength of my desire.
▪ She moistened her lips, feeling the raised and tender flesh where her teeth had bitten through.
▪ If he or she has difficulty in speaking, moistening the tongue and lips can be helpful.
▪ She didn't feel him bathe her forehead or moisten her lips from time to time.
▪ Swallowing, she moistened her lips.
▪ His mouth closed to moisten suddenly dry lips.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Add just enough water to moisten the cake mixture without making it too watery.
▪ Tom paused and moistened his lips.
▪ When the clay becomes dry, moisten it lightly before you continue to shape it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I pulled it off gently, so as not to wake him, moistened a handkerchief with cologne and wiped his forehead.
▪ I would calm my rage, moisten my dry lips, force his return if only by the strength of my desire.
▪ If you find your throat is dry and you need some water just take a few sips to moisten your mouth.
▪ Mound the moistened couscous on a serving platter and form a large well in the center.
▪ She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue and his sudden tension told her she was right.
▪ She put the end in her mouth and moistened it to a point.
▪ Tom picked up a brush and moistened it in the turpentine cup.
▪ You may have to add an additional tablespoon of water to moisten the dough.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moisten

Moisten \Mois"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Moistening.]

  1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree.

    A pipe a little moistened on the inside.
    --Bacon.

  2. To soften by making moist; to make tender.

    It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity.
    --Fuller.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
moisten

1570s, from moist + -en (1). Related: Moistened; moistening. The earlier verb was simply moist (early 14c.), from Old French moistir.

Wiktionary
moisten

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make moist or moister. 2 (context intransitive English) To become moist or moister.

WordNet
moisten

  1. v. make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: wash, dampen]

  2. moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [syn: drizzle]

Usage examples of "moisten".

The requisites for chewing are: a small piece of areca nut, a leaf of the Sirih or betel pepper, a little moistened lime, and, if you wish to be very luxurious, a paste made of spices.

Susan Bates, advancing straight towards Roger with moistened eyes and with a nervous tremor in her voice and body alike.

Arrange in a baking-dish with layers of seasoned crumbs, and add sufficient milk to moisten.

The minutest trace of digitalin moistened with sulphuric and treated with bromine vapour gives a rose colour, turning to mauve.

Add these chopped giblets to a dressing of stale bread crumbs seasoned and moistened with a little hot water and butter.

The blocks, however, which are used for large masses of colour, or for gradated tones, are moistened over the whole or a large part of the surface of the block, and if the wood is thin, and not well mounted across the ends, the block soon expands sufficiently to throw the register out.

He must remember this arrangement: left eyebrow raised, eyelids slightly drawn, lips moistened, parted, down at corners.

Left eyebrow up, lips moistened, slightly parted and curled, he waited while a producer approached, welcoming hand extended.

He had forgotten the casual stance, the raised eyebrows, lips moistened, slightly parted.

Mix with an equal quantity of mashed potatoes, add a heaping tablespoonful of butter, and mix thoroughly, using a little hot cream to moisten it.

Mix with an equal quantity of hot mashed potatoes, moisten with cream, and season with chopped green peppers fried in oil.

It is a white powder, and should show no alkaline reaction with moistened litmus-paper.

Silicon fluoride is evolved, and, if a moistened glass rod is held in the tube, it becomes coated with a white deposit of silica, formed by the decomposition of the silicon fluoride by the water.

On holding a rod, moistened with a drop of water, over the escaping fumes, the white crust of silica formed on the drop of water shows its presence.

She moistened her lips and nodded, but her eyes were gleaming curiously again.