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# humid

«humid» in Mova's school dictionary: **warm and damp because there is a lot of water vapour in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (humid, more humid, most humid); noun (humidity, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Humid weather is warm and damp because there is a lot of water vapour in the air, so you feel hot and sticky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#m1)

2) A humid place, like a rainforest or a bathroom after a shower, has damp air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, rainforests have a hot, humid climate; humidity is measured with a hygrometer and given as a percentage. In everyday life: on humid days sweat does not dry, so you feel hotter; bread goes mouldy faster. Weather forecasts give humidity. Phrases: «hot and humid», «humid climate», «high humidity», «humid summer».

### examples

- The rainforest is hot and humid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#x1)
- It was so humid that my clothes stuck to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#x2)
- Bathrooms get humid after a hot shower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#x3)
- The weather forecast says humidity is ninety percent today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#x4)
- Tropical plants like humid greenhouses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#x5)
- Singapore has a humid climate all year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/#x6)

### note

Noun: «humidity». Opposite: dry, arid. Not the same as «hot»: a desert is hot but dry; a cold foggy morning can be humid. Say it "HYOO-mid". Maths: humidity is a percentage from 0 to 100.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «humid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.