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moisten

verb
/ˈmɔɪsən/

Etymology

From moist + -en.

  1. derived from mustum — “unfermented or partially fermented grape juice or wine, must”
  2. derived from mūcidus — “mouldy, musty”
  3. derived from moiste
  4. derived from moiste
  5. derived from moist
  6. inherited from moist
  7. suffixed as moisten — “moist + en”

Definitions

  1. To make moist or moister.

    • She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.

  2. To become moist or moister.

    • His eyes began to moisten as he held back tears.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at moisten. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01moisten02moist03watery04soaked05drenched06wet07moisture08moistens

A definitional loop anchored at moisten. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at moisten

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA