moisten

Other forms of moisten

past tense

moistenned·

present participle

moistenning·

third person

moistens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about moisten

What does moisten mean?

moisten means "make moist". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moisten?

moisten has 2 syllables: moi-sten. The stress falls on "moi". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɪsən/.

What is another word for moisten?

Close synonyms include wash, dampen, drizzle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moisten a common word?

moisten is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.