moisture
UK/ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃə//ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃɚ/
moisture noun: that which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
Noun
moisture (usually uncountable, plural moistures)
- That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
- drops / beads of moisture
- I cannot weep; for all my body’s moisture
Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart:c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- The state of being moist.
- […] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:1631, Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee...
- Such was the discord, which did first disperse
Forme, order, beauty through the universe;
While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists,
All that we have, and that we are subsists:1643, John Denham, Coopers Hill, page 7
- Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.
moisture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
moisture in Hindi
- that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
- आर्द्रता ārdratā, नमी namī
- the state of being moist — see also moistness
- आर्द्रता ārdratā, नमी namī
moisture in Tamil
- ஈரலிப்பு, ஈரம்
moisture in Marathi
- that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
- आर्द्रता ārdratā, दमटपणा damṭapṇā, ओलावा olāvā
moisture in Urdu
- the state of being moist — see also moistness
- نَمی namī, رُطُوبَت rutūbat
More languagesFewer languages
- moisture in Bengali
- আর্দ্রতা ardrota
- moisture in Telugu
- తేమ tēma, పదును padunu, ఊటు ūṭu
- moisture in Malayalam
- ഈർപ്പം īṟppaṁ
- moisture in Kannada
- ಈರ, ಪಸೆ, ತೇವ, ಆರ್ದ್ರತೆ
- moisture in Punjabi
- ਵੱਤਰ vattar
- moisture in Gujarati
- ભેજ
- moisture in Sanskrit
- रसा rasā́, स्नेह snéha
- moisture in Tagalog
- halumigmig, hamil, sayimsim
- moisture in Arabic
- رُطُوبَة ruṭūba
- moisture in Malay
- lembapan, kelembapan
- moisture in Thai
- ความชื้น kwaam-chʉ́ʉn
- moisture in Vietnamese
- độ ẩm, khí ẩm
Examples of moisture in a sentence
- And some [seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 8:6:
- […] Nicholas Nickleby’s eyes were dimmed with a moisture that might have been taken for tears.1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […]...
- The sage—low-growing and shrubby—could hold its place on the mountain slopes and on the plains, and within its small gray leaves it could hold moisture enough to defy the thieving winds.1962, Rachel Carson, chapter 6, in Silent Spring, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 65:
- [The organs of touch are excited] by the unceasing variations of the heat, moisture, and pressure of the atmosphere;1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 7, I.1, p. 39:
Synonyms of moisture
Forms of moisture
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Origin of moisture
From Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (“moisture, dampness, wetness”). Compare French moiteur.
Words formed from moisture
Phrases with moisture
Questions about moisture
- What does moisture mean?
- Moisture means that which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
- What is moisture in Hindi?
- Moisture in Hindi is आर्द्रता (ārdratā), नमी (namī). See Moisture meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use moisture in a sentence?
- And some [seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
- What part of speech is moisture?
- Moisture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce moisture?
- Moisture is pronounced /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of moisture?
- The plural of moisture is moistures.
Words near moisture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: moisture (page history and authors); moisture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఊటు (Telugu) (page history and authors); moisture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵੱਤਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); moisture (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); रसा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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