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How to pronounce “moist”
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Pronunciation guide for moist
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of moist with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How to grow a forest in your backyard
so soil can hold this water and it stays moist.
- Definition summary
- Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp. [from 14th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce moist
How to grow a forest in your backyard
so soil can hold this water and it stays moist.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “moist”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp. [from 14th c.]
- Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age. [from 14th c.]
- Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy. [from 14th c.]
- (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on. [from 20th c.]
- (medicine)
- (sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete)
- [Noun]
- (obsolete except US, regional) Moistness; also, moisture.
- [Verb]
- (transitive)
- (intransitive)
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