[syn: drizzle, moisten]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G.
l[aum]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named
from its being long. See Long, a.] (Zool.)
(a) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of
Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food
fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also
drizzle.
(b) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
(c) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada]
(d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The
name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the
cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Drizzling.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
Dreary.]
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. "Drizzling tears." --Spenser.
Syn: mizzle, misle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. t.
To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth
drizzle dew." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, n.
A fine rain or mist. --Halliwell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drizzle
n 1: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
[syn: drizzle, mizzle]
v 1: rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be
pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle]
2: moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted
butter" [syn: drizzle, moisten]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "drizzle":
Scotch mist, blood rain, drum, evening mist, fall, flurry,
gout of rain, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisture, patter, pelt,
pitter-patter, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, precipitation,
rain, rain tadpoles, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, sheet of rain,
shower, shower down, spatter, spit, splatter, sprinkle, stream,
tattoo, unfrozen hydrometeor, weep, wet