| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Drizzle.[Websters]
2. To have hazed or fumed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have misted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have rained or showered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have dripped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have sifted or sieved.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb drizzle.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (drizzle) | 1. Rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant".[Wordnet]. 2. Moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter".[Wordnet]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: drizzling, drizzled, drizzles, drizzler, drizzlers, drizzlingly and drizzledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DRIZZLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DRIZZLED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Shed or thrown down in small drops or particles.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of drizzle. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: drizzle
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Drizzle (DZ) | Weather | Fairly uniform precipitation composed exclusively of fine drops with diameters less than 0.02 inch (0.5 mm) which are very close together. Drizzle appears to float while following air currents, although unlike fog droplets, it falls to the ground. The intensity of drizzle is based solely on visibility. (references) | |
| Freezing drizzle | Aerospace | Drizzle that falls as liquid water but freezes upon impact to form a coating of ice upon the ground and on exposed objects. (references) | |
| Freezing drizzle | Weather | Drizzle that falls in liquid form and then freezes upon impact with the ground or an item with a temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or less, possibly producing a thin coating of ice. Even in small amounts, freezing drizzle may cause traveling problems. (references) | |
| Freezing rain or drizzle | Weather | This occurs when rain or drizzle freezes on surfaces (such as the ground, trees, power lines, motor vehicles, streets, highways, etc.) that have a temperature of 32 F or below. Small accumulations of ice can cause driving and walking difficulties. Meanwhile, heavy accumulations of ice can pull down trees and utility lines. In this situation, it would be called an "Ice Storm". (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: drizzle | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Drizzle | 20 | Drizzle | 20 | |
| Drizzle (image processing) | 8 | Drizzle (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Freezing drizzle | 3 | Drizzle (film) | 2 | |
| Drizzle (film) | 2 | Drizzle (image processing) | 8 | |
| Drizzle (alternative meanings) | 2 | Freezing drizzle | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
