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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. slightly wet;
- Example: "clothes damp with perspiration"
- Example: "a moist breeze"
- Example: "eyes moist with tears"
[syn: damp, dampish, moist]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moist \Moist\, v. t.
   To moisten. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moist \Moist\, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L.
   muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]
   1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist
      atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A
      draught of moist and corny ale." --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moist
    adj 1: slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist
           breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: damp, dampish,
           moist]