Lexic.us

Definition of Drizzle

1. Verb. Rain lightly. "It was drizzleing all day long "; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"

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

3. Verb. Moisten with fine drops. "They drizzle the bread with melted butter"; "Drizzle the meat with melted butter"

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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