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  • 1. moist
  • Rhymes with Moist
  • Pronounce Moist
  • Moist in a sentence
  • Quotes about Moist
Table of Contents
  • 1. moist
  • Rhymes with Moist
  • Pronounce Moist
  • Moist in a sentence
  • Quotes about Moist
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. moist

adjective. ['ˈmɔɪst'] slightly wet.

Synonyms

  • dampish
  • wet

Antonyms

  • enliven
  • dryness
  • sharpen

Etymology

  • moiste (Middle English (1100-1500))

Rhymes with Moist

  • rejoiced
  • benoist
  • amhoist
  • voiced
  • joist
  • hoist
  • foist

How do you pronounce moist?

Pronounce moist as mɔɪst.

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UK - How to pronounce moist in British English

Sentences with moist


1. Adjective
Check on the plant each day to make sure that the soil is moist, but not saturated.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Phytophthora root rot is more likely to spread during cool, moist weather in early spring or late fall.

3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
In the wild, the red maple favors moist soil in low-lying areas.

Quotes about moist


1. To preserve the silence within--amid all the noise. To remain open and quiet, a moist humus in the fertile darkness where the rain falls and the grain ripens--no matter how many tramp across the parade ground in whirling dust under an arid sky.
- Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings

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