moisten

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Then, they used energy dissipation models to compare the seals' ability to warm and moisten air during inhalation and to reduce heat and moisture loss during exhalation.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

Rub a cut lemon around the rim of your serving dish to moisten.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

During the day one can see to Bolivia, far to the east, where clouds billow into thunderstorms that will never moisten this region.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

You need gravy on Thanksgiving to aid the turkey, moisten the potatoes, douse the stuffing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

Back in the Cavendish Lab in Cambridge he built an artificial cloud chamber–a simple device in which he could cool and moisten the air, creating a reasonable model of a cloud in laboratory conditions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson