drizzle

driz·zle  (drzl)

v. driz·zled, driz·zling, driz·zles

v.intr.

To rain gently in fine, mistlike drops.

v.tr.

1. To let fall in fine drops or particles: drizzled melted butter over the asparagus.

2. To moisten with fine drops: drizzled the asparagus with melted butter.

n.

A fine, gentle, misty rain.

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[Perhaps from Middle English drisning, fall of dew, from Old English -drysnian, in gedrysnian, to pass away, vanish; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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drizzly adj.

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drizzle

Noun

very light rain

Verb

[-zling, -zled]

to rain lightly [Old English drēosan to fall]

drizzly adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drizzle - very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower mizzle rain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Verb	1.	drizzle - rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" mizzle rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
	2.	drizzle - moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" moisten splash, sprinkle, splosh - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her"

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drizzle

noun 1. fine rain, Scotch mist, smir Scot.

verb 2. rain, shower, spit, spray, sprinkle, mizzle (dialect) spot or spit with rain

Translations

drizzle [ˈdrɪzl] n → llovizna, garúa (LAM)

vi → lloviznar

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drizzle [ˈdrɪzl] n → bruine f, crachin m

vi → bruiner

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drizzle [ˈdrɪzl] n → Nieselregen m

vi → nieseln

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drizzle [ˈdrɪzl] n → pioggerella

vi → piovigginare

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drizzle

v drizzle [ˈdrizl]

(only withitas subject) to rain in small drops. motreën تُمْطِرُ رَذاذا рося mrholit støvregne nieseln ψιχαλίζει lloviznar tibutama نم نم باریدن sataa tihuuttaa bruiner לָרֶדֶת גֶשֶם קָל बूंदा-बांदी होना rominjati szitál (eső) menitik-nitik úða piovigginare 霧雨が降る 이슬비가 내리다 dulksnoti, lynoti smidzināt hujan renyai-renyai motregenen duskregne mżyć chuviscar a burniţa моросить mrholiť pršeti rominjati duggregna ตกปรอย ๆ çiselemek 下濛濛細雨 мрячити بوندا باندی ہونا mưa phùn 下蒙蒙细雨

n

fine, light rain. mot reën رَذاذ، مَطَر خَفيف ситен дъжд mrholení støvregn der Nieselregen ψιχάλα llovizna uduvihm نم نم باران tihkusade bruine גֶשֶם קָל बूंदा-बांदी kišica, izmaglica szitáló eső gerimis úðarigning pioviggine 霧雨 이슬비, 보슬비 dulksna, smulkus lietus smalks lietus hujan renyai-renyai motregen duskregn mżawka chuvisco burniţă мелкий дождь mrholenie pršec sitna kiša duggregn ฝนตกโปรยปราย çiselti 細雨 дрібний дощ, мряка ہلکی بارش sự mưa phùn 细雨