DRIZZLE

Drizzle

Drizzle is a light liquid precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain - generally smaller than in diameter. Drizzle is normally produced by low stratiform clouds and stratocumulus clouds. Precipitation rates from drizzle are on the order of a millimetre per day or less at the ground. Owing to the small size of drizzle drops, under many circumstances drizzle largely evaporates before reaching the surface and so may be undetected by observers on the ground. The METAR code for drizzle is DZ.

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drizzle

Noun

  1. Light rain.
  2. . Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground. It is sometimes accompanied by low visibility and fog.
    No longer pouring, the rain outside slowed down to a faint drizzle.
  3. Water.
    Stop drinking all of my drizzle!

Verb

  1. To rain lightly; to shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
  2. To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking.
    The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle it in olive oil.
    The recipe says to toss the salad and then drizzle olive oil on it.
  3. To urinate.


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