moist

/mɔɪst/ adjective

Translation

› slightly wet

nemli, rutubetli

Keep the soil moist but not wet. It was a lovely, moist cake.1515

moisten

/ˈmɔɪsən/ verb [I, T] › to make something slightly wet, or to become slightly wet

nemlen(dir)mek

1515

(Definition of moist adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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