Definition of Drizzle

1. Noun. Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower.

Exact synonyms: Mizzle
Generic synonyms: Rain, Rainfall
Derivative terms: Drizzly, Mizzle

2. Verb. Rain lightly. "It was drizzleing all day long "; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"
Exact synonyms: Mizzle
Generic synonyms: Rain, Rain Down
Derivative terms: Mizzle

3. Verb. Moisten with fine drops. "They drizzle the bread with melted butter"; "Drizzle the meat with melted butter"
Exact synonyms: Moisten
Generic synonyms: Splash, Splosh, Sprinkle
Derivative terms: Moistening

Definition of Drizzle

1. v. i. 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.

2. v. t. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.

3. n. Fine rain or mist.

Definition of Drizzle

1. Verb. To rain lightly. ¹

2. Verb. (cooking) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking. ¹

3. Verb. (slang) To urinate. ¹

4. Noun. Light rain. ¹

5. Noun. (context: physics weather). Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog. ¹

6. Noun. (slang) Water. ¹

7. Noun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drizzle

1. to rain lightly [v -ZLED, -ZLING, -ZLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drizzle

driving motor
driving rain
driving range
driving ranges
driving school
driving spirit
driving spirits
driving test
driving under the influence
driving van trailer
driving van trailers
driving wheel
driving wind
drivingly
drivings
drizzle (current term)
drizzled
drizzles
drizzlier
drizzliest
drizzling
drizzlingly
drizzly
dro
drock
drocks
drocode
droger
drogers
drogher

Literary usage of Drizzle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"SMALL, FIXE drizzle ; also the same applied to sensation, ... especially over the head, produced by fear : nyaka-nyaka, drizzle, is also chiwawa, wa wa wa. ..."

2. Posthumous Memoirs of Karoline Bauer: From the German by Karoline Bauer (1884)
"That may lead to enjoyable hours whilst I ' drizzle ' during the reading." " drizzle? ... drizzle ..."

3. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by Baba Padmanji, James Thomas Molesworth (1863)
"2 drizzle. J*T /. (н) Reverencing or acknowledging merit, rendering the due ... 2 To he covered with soft sordes or dirt—-teeth, body, &c. 3 To drizzle. ..."

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