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MOISTURISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moisturise mean?
• MOISTURISE (verb)
The verb MOISTURISE has 1 sense:
1. make (more) humid
Familiarity information: MOISTURISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they moisturise ... he / she / it moisturises
Past simple: moisturised
Past participle: moisturised
-ing form: moisturising
... he / she / it moisturises Past simple: moisturised
Past participle: moisturised
-ing form: moisturising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (more) humid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
humidify; moisturise; moisturize
Context example:
We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
Hypernyms (to "moisturise" is one way to...):
dampen; moisten; wash (make moist)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "moisturise"):
hydrate (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
moisture (wetness caused by water)
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