moistened

verb

Definition of moistenednext
past tense of moisten
as in wetted
to make or become slightly or moderately wet moisten the cloth before cleaning with it

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  1. wet
  2. washed
  3. dampened
Verb
  • In a desperate attempt to escape the heat, the lawsuit said many prisoners wet their sheets and sleep on the concrete floor.
    Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • To whet your appetite (or wet your whistle), here are the current odds, courtesy of betonline.ag: Ohtani, 1-12 Francisco Lindor, 5-1 Marcell Ozuna, 75-1 The postseason race A look at how the teams stack up.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of wet
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  • Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.
    David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This year's summer winds washed thousands of plastic pellets ashore near Colombo, Sri Lanka, three years after a massive fire aboard the X-Press Pearl burned for days and sank the vessel a few miles offshore.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of washed
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  • Changes in residents’ lifestyles and a wave of middle-class emigration during the COVID-19 pandemic have dampened local demand.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune Asia, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The pain of that experience dampened any enthusiasm for taking risks with further military pullbacks.
    Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of dampened
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