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moisturize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃəɹaɪz/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English moisture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English moisturize From moisture + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make more moist.
    • moisturize your skin
  2. (transitive) To make more humid.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
moisturizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
moisturizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
moisturized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
moisturized Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

desiccate · dry · dehumidify

Deriveds

unmoisturized · moisturizer · moisturization · remoisturize

Synonyms

moisten · moisturise · humidify

Translations (17)

sv återfukta (to make more moist) · sv fukta (to make more moist) · ar رَطَّبَ (to make more moist) · it idratare (to make more moist) · es humedecer (to make more humid) · nl bevochtigen (to make more moist) · de Feuchtigkeit spenden (to make more humid) · es humidificar (to make more humid) · de befeuchten (to make more moist) · es humedecer (to make more moist) · fi kosteuttaa (to make more humid) · tr nemlendirmek (to make more moist) · fi kosteuttaa (to make more moist) · nl natmaken (to make more humid) · sv fukta (to make more humid) · de eincremen (to make more moist) · es humidificar (to make more moist)