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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
drizzle
    n 1: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
         [syn: drizzle, mizzle]
    v 1: rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be
         pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle]
    2: moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted
       butter" [syn: drizzle, moisten]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ling \Ling\ (l[i^]ng), n. [OE. lenge; akin to D. leng, G.
   l[aum]nge, Dan. lange, Sw. l[*a]nga, Icel. langa. So named
   from its being long. See Long, a.] (Zool.)
   (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of
       Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food
       fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also
       drizzle.
   (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
   (c) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada]
   (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The
       name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the
       cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
       [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Drizzling.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
   Dreary.]
   To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from
   the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles;
   drizzling drops or rain. "Drizzling tears." --Spenser.

   Syn: mizzle, misle.
        [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, v. t.
   To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth
   drizzle dew." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drizzle \Driz"zle\, n.
   A fine rain or mist. --Halliwell.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Drizzle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Scotch mist, blood rain, drum, evening mist, fall, flurry, gout of rain, mist, misty rain, mizzle, moisture, patter, pelt, pitter-patter, pour, pour with rain, precipitate, precipitation, rain, rain tadpoles, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, sheet of rain, shower, shower down, spatter, spit, splatter, sprinkle, stream, tattoo, unfrozen hydrometeor, weep, wet
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