Other forms: moisturising
To moisturise is to put cream on skin so it does not dry out. Moisturise daily, moisturise after washing, a cream that moisturises.
The cream works mostly by sealing water in rather than adding any, which is why the advice is to apply it to damp skin straight after washing. Americans spell it with a z. The noun is moisturiser, and the range in price tells you almost nothing.
1verbmoisturiseTo put cream on skin so it does not dry out.
“My skin gets dry in winter, so I moisturise my hands every night.”
moisturise is a caring for skin.
Also accepted in games: moisturize
Old French
moistour — moisture, dampness, wetness
Middle English
moisture
English
moisture
English, today
moisturise
From moisture + -ise. moisture comes from Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (“moisture, dampness, wetness”). Compare French moiteur.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA