wet+thoroughly

  • 21Soak — Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to… …

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  • 22Soaked — Soak Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to… …

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  • 23Soaking — Soak Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to… …

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  • 24bedraggle — transitive verb Date: 1727 to wet thoroughly …

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  • 25sop — I. noun Etymology: Middle English soppe, from Old English sopp; akin to Old English sūpan to swallow more at sup Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly dialect a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid 2. a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe,… …

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  • 26drouk — /droohk/, v.t. Scot. to wet thoroughly; drench. [1505 15; < ON drukna to be drowned; c. OE druncnian to drown] * * * …

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  • 27steep — steep1 steeply, adv. steepness, n. /steep/, adj., steeper, steepest, n. adj. 1. having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc. 2. (of a price or amount) unduly high; exorbitant: Those …

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  • 28drench — (v.) c.1200, to submerge, drown, from O.E. drencan give drink to, ply with drink, make drunk; soak, saturate; submerge, drown, causative of drincan to drink (see DRINK (Cf. drink)), from P.Gmc. *drankijan (Cf. O.N. drekkja, Swed. dränka, Du.&#8230; …

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  • 29drench — verb 1》 wet thoroughly; soak.     ↘[often as adjective drenched] cover liberally with something: a sun drenched clearing. 2》 forcibly administer a liquid medicine to (an animal). noun a dose of medicine administered to an animal. ↘archaic a&#8230; …

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  • 30drench — [[t]drɛntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to wet thoroughly; soak 2) to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep 3) to cover or fill completely; bathe: sunlight drenching the trees[/ex] 4) vet to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), esp. by force 5)&#8230; …

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