drizzle
/ˈdɹɪzəl/ verb B2- To rain lightly. · We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.
- To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
- To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking. · The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it.
- To cover by pouring in this manner. · The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.
- To urinate. · She'll be right back, had to drizzle before we leave.
- To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.
He/she/it drizzles · Past drizzled · Past participle drizzled · -ing form drizzling
Verb forms
- Base form
- drizzle
- He/she/it
- drizzles
- Past
- drizzled
- Past participle
- drizzled
- -ing form
- drizzling
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There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs into a steady blow.
October 16th.—A dull and foggy day with a drizzle of rain.
The weather conditions were incredibly unpromising, characterized by a persistent drizzle and strong, unpredictable gusts of wind.
It is a testament to the charming capriciousness of youth that you view the relentless English drizzle through the romantic lens of a nineteenth-century novelist.
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