adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
damp/humid
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Damp air causes condensation.
humid heat (= when the weather is hot and damp )
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the humid heat of a tropical forest
humid (= with hot and wet air )
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Tropical vegetation flourishes in this humid climate.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
air
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Going out on to Des Voeux, she breathed in the hot, humid air .
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Wyatt breathed in the hot humid air .
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The base can also be used to hold capillary matting or moist grit for plants that require humid air .
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Others squat on the branches of forest trees with their roots dangling beneath them in the humid air .
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As they left the building, waves of moist humid air wrapped around her skin.
atmosphere
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Drinks were essential in the humid atmosphere .
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Endeavour to maintain a humid atmosphere .
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Stand plants on saucers filled with pebbles which you can keep wet, to maintain a more humid atmosphere around them.
climate
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This could represent a humid climate during the glacial-interglacial transition between stages 8 and 7 of the marine 18 O record.
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In humid climates , triticale seed had the annoying propensity of sprouting prematurely; often, while still on the parent.
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A very humid climate fostering tropical vegetation in a swampy and lagoonal surrounding is characteristic of this period.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her clothes were sticking to her, but the humid air didn't seem to bother Ralph.
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It was a hot, humid day, and the only sound was the buzzing of insects.
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Summers in Tokyo are hot and humid .
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The entire island is covered by thick humid jungle.
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The forecast is for another hot and humid afternoon today.
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Tokyo is very humid in summer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a number of years after 1865, a long humid cycle brought uninterrupted above-average rainfall to the plains.
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In other parts of the country, coaches have little choice because the weather is hot and humid everywhere.
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Overall, arid areas have increased by around 54 million hectares, and humid areas reduced by 26 million hectares.
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Temperatures were in the high seventies and with the absence of any wind it felt sticky and humid .
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The air was hot and still and humid .
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The climate through much of the year would be as hot and humid as today's Miami.
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We drove through the humid night and things flew into the beam of the headlights.