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# moisture

«moisture» in Mova's school dictionary: **small amounts of water or other liquid in the air, in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (moisture, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Moisture is small amounts of water or other liquid in the air, in the ground or on a surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science, moisture in the air (humidity) forms dew, mist and clouds; plants take moisture from the soil; mould grows where there is moisture. In everyday life, moisturiser keeps skin from drying out, and moisture on windows is condensation. Phrases: "soil moisture", "absorb moisture", "keep out moisture".

### examples

- The plants take moisture from the soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x1)
- Moisture on the window is called condensation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x2)
- Keep the bread in a bag so it doesn't lose moisture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x3)
- Salt soaks up moisture from the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x4)
- Dry the wood so there is no moisture left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x5)
- Too much moisture in a room can make mould grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x6)
- Every thing was dripping with moisture, and the poor prince had not a dry thread about him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisture/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: "some moisture", never "a moisture". Adjective: moist. Verb: moisten. Related: moisturiser.

### In the corpora

- [Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.984/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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