drizzling

drizzling
drizzling drizzling adj. raining lightly in a fine mist.

Syn: drizzly, misting, misty. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Drizzling — Drizzle 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drizzling — adj. Drizzling is used with these nouns: ↑rain …   Collocations dictionary

  • drizzling rain — dulksna statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Smulkių lašelių atmosferos krituliai, iškrintantys iš sluoksninių, rečiau – iš sluoksninių kamuolinių debesų arba rūko. atitikmenys: angl. drizzle; drizzling rain vok. Nieselregen, m;… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • drizzling — adj. raining lightly driz·zle || drɪzl n. light rain v. rain lightly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drizzling — опрыскивающий …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • drizzling — adjective (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops (Freq. 2) a raw drizzing rain • Similar to: ↑descending …   Useful english dictionary

  • Drizzle — 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; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drizzled — Drizzle 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drizzle — driz|zle1 [ˈdrızəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dreosan to fall ] 1.) it is drizzling if it is drizzling, light rain and mist come out of the sky ▪ The rain isn t too bad it s only drizzling. 2.) [T always +… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drizzle — [[t]drɪ̱z(ə)l[/t]] drizzles, drizzling, drizzled 1) N UNCOUNT: also a N Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops. The drizzle had now stopped and the sun was breaking through. 2) VERB If it is drizzling, it is raining very lightly. [it V]… …   English dictionary

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