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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. [1913 Webster]
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "moist": boggy, clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, drippy, drizzly, fenny, foggy, gooey, humid, lachrymose, marshy, maudlin, misty, muggy, mushy, rainy, roric, roriferous, sappy, slushy, soggy, soupy, steamy, sticky, swampy, tacky, tearful, teary, undried, wet, wettish