drizzle (noun)

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• drizzle — ► NOUN ▪ light rain falling in very fine drops. ► VERB 1) (it drizzles, it is drizzling, etc.) rain lightly. 2) Cookery pour a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over a dish. DERIVATIVES drizzly adjective …   English terms dictionary

• drizzle — 1540s, perhaps an alteration of drysning a falling of dew (c.1400), from O.E. drysnian, related to dreosan to fall, from PIE root *dhreu (see DRIP (Cf. drip)). Or perhaps a frequentative of M.E. dresen to fall, from O.E. dreosan. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

• drizzle — noun 1》 light rain falling in very fine drops. 2》 a thin stream of a liquid ingredient trickled over food. verb 1》 (it drizzles, it is drizzling, etc.) rain lightly. 2》 trickle (an ingredient) over food. Derivatives drizzly adjective (drizzlier,… …   English new terms dictionary

• drizzle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, light, slight ▪ persistent, steady DRIZZLE + VERB ▪ fall …   Collocations dictionary

• drizzle — 1. verb /ˈdrɪz.l/ a) To rain lightly. The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil. b) To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking. The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it …   Wiktionary

• drizzle — 1. noun 1) they shivered in the drizzle Syn: fine rain, light shower, spray, mist 2) a drizzle of syrup Syn: trickle, dribble, drip, stream, rivulet; sprinkle, sprinkling 2 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• drizzle — I UK [ˈdrɪz(ə)l] / US verb Word forms drizzle : present tense I/you/we/they drizzle he/she/it drizzles present participle drizzling past tense drizzled past participle drizzled 1) [intransitive] to rain in a very light way 2) [transitive] to pour …   English dictionary

• drizzle — [c]/ˈdrɪzəl / (say drizuhl) verb (drizzled, drizzling) –verb (i) 1. to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle. –verb (t) 2. Cookery to pour (viscous liquid) in a thin stream: to drizzle the oil over the salad. –noun 3. a very light rain …  

• drizzle — I. noun Date: 1554 1. a fine misty rain 2. something that is drizzled < a drizzle of syrup > • drizzly adjective II. verb (drizzled; drizzling) Etymology: perhaps alterati …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• drizzle — driz|zle1 [ drızl ] verb 1. ) intransitive to rain in a very light way 2. ) transitive to pour a small amount of liquid over food that you are preparing drizzle driz|zle 2 [ drızl ] noun singular or uncount very light rain …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• drizzle — 1 verb (I) to rain slightly: The rain isn t too bad it s only drizzling. 2 noun (singular, uncountable) weather that is between mist and rain: A light drizzle had started by the time we left. drizzly adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English