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Definitions for: Drizzle [n] very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
[v] moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"
[v] rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"
Webster (1913) Definition: Driz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Drizzling.] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre['o]san to fall. See
Dreary.]
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. ``Drizzling tears.'' --Spenser.
Driz"zle, v. t.
To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. ``The air doth
drizzle dew.'' --Shak.
Driz"zle, n.
Fine rain or mist. --Halliwell.
Synonyms: mizzle, mizzle, moisten
See Also: rain, rain, rain down, rainfall, splash, splosh, sprinkle
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