drizzle
To rain lightlyTo rain lightly.
» It was drizzling.
Es nieselte.
Накрапывал мелкий дождик.
Моросил дождь.
Meaning
6 senses(impersonal)To rain lightly.
We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.
nieseln
мороси́тьmorosítʹ
мрячитиmrjačyty
rain lightly
(ambitransitive)To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
(transitive)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.
träufeln
(transitive)To cover by pouring in this manner.
The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.
(slang)To urinate.
She'll be right back, had to drizzle before we leave.
(dated)To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.
Examples
42 sentencesIt was drizzling.
ruНакрапывал мелкий дождик.
deEs nieselte.
It's drizzling outside.
deDraußen nieselt es.
It's drizzling out in the garden.
Ziri drizzled honey over the pancakes.
In a drizzle, a fire will fizzle.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysningPerhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”), from Northumbrian Old English drysnan (“to extinguish”), related to Old English drēosan (“to fall, to decline”), making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse. Compare also dialectal Swedish drösla.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
drizzles, drizzling, drizzled, drizzledSynonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle