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# drizzle

noun (drizzle; a drizzle); verb (drizzle, drizzles, drizzled, drizzling)

«drizzle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Drizzle is light rain falling in very small, fine drops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#m1)
2. To drizzle (weather) means to rain lightly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#m2)
3. In cooking, to drizzle is to pour a thin stream of liquid over food, such as honey or oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in weather reports and everyday talk (very common in the UK and Ireland) and in recipes. Phrases: «a light drizzle», «it's drizzling», «drizzle with olive oil». It tells the reader the rain is weak but wet.

### Examples

- It's only drizzle, so we can still walk to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x1)
- A cold drizzle fell all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x2)
- It started to drizzle as we left the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x3)
- Drizzle honey over the pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x4)
- Mum drizzled lemon icing on the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x5)
- The forecast says drizzle in the morning, sun later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x6)
- Soon it began to drizzle; then the drops came faster, and there was a regular down-pour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/#x7)

### Note

As weather it is usually uncountable: «drizzle», «some drizzle», but «a light drizzle» is fine. Drizzle is lighter than rain and much lighter than a downpour. Adjective: drizzly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drizzle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drizzle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drizzle.html) on Mova free.