moisten
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sən
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moisten (ˈmɔɪsən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to make or become moist | |
| 'moistener | |
| —n | |
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Moisten
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
Remove meat from chicken, chop, and moisten with sauce.
Melted butter or other fat, meat drippings, or liquid such as a stock is spooned or brushed on food as it cooks to moisten it.
Add water, blending it in well to completely moisten the mix.
Dressing should be somewhat dry as the apples will moisten it further as it cooks.
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