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# moisturise

verb (moisturise, moisturises, moisturised, moisturising); US spelling moisturize

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

## Everyday

1. To put cream or lotion on your skin so that it stays soft and does not get dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#m1)
2. To make something less dry by adding a little water or oil to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#m2)

### In the lessons

An everyday and health word: people moisturise dry hands in winter, after swimming, or when they have eczema. In science lessons it links to skin as an organ that can lose water. Common phrases: «moisturise your skin», «moisturise your hands», «moisturising cream».

### Examples

- Mum told me to moisturise my hands after washing up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x1)
- In winter my skin gets so dry that I have to moisturise every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x2)
- The nurse said to moisturise the eczema patches twice a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x3)
- Dad never moisturises, and his lips get cracked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x4)
- This shampoo claims to moisturise your hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x5)
- After swimming in chlorine, Grandma always moisturises her face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x6)
- Moisturising cream feels cold when you first put it on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moisturise/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: moisturised, moisturising. UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand often write -ise (moisturise); the USA and Canada write -ize (moisturize). Related words: moisture (noun, uncountable), moisturiser (the cream). Do not confuse with «moisten», which means to make a little wet, not to put cream on.

## On Mova

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