HUMIDIFY (humidified)

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: humidified

Dictionary entry overview: What does humidify mean?

• HUMIDIFY (verb)
The verb HUMIDIFY has 1 sense:

1. make (more) humid

Familiarity information: HUMIDIFY used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HUMIDIFY (verb)

Conjugation:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

humidify; moisturise; moisturize

Context example:

We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house

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)

Context examples

It is lined with ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium and functions to humidify, heat, and filter incoming air, as well as protecting the olfactory bulb and sinuses from incorrectly pressurized incoming air.

(Nasal Turbinate, NCI Thesaurus)

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