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HUMIDIFY
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Irregular inflected form: humidified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they humidify ... he / she / it humidifies
Past simple: humidified
Past participle: humidified
-ing form: humidifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (more) humid
Example:
We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
Synonyms:
humidify; moisturise; moisturize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "humidify" is one way to...):
dampen; moisten; wash (make moist)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "humidify"):
hydrate (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Antonym:
dehumidify (make less humid)
Derivation:
humidity (wetness in the atmosphere)
