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noun
verb
- rain gently
- (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
- (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
- (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- distribute loosely
- scatter with liquid; wet lightly
noun
- A light shower of rain.
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- The action of the verb to sprinkle.
- A scattering.
- A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
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verb
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- Light rain.
- very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- (physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
- (baking) A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.
- (slang) Water.
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verb
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- A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
- (herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra.
- (baseball) Synonym of spitball.
- (hip-hop slang) Rapper, emcee.
- Someone who spits.
- One who puts meat on a spit.
- An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
- A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
- (vulgar) Someone who spits out semen during oral sex.
- an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it
- a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
noun
- (uncommon) A dribbly shower (of rain).
- Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
- Attributive form of slobbers; causing or relating to the veterinary medical condition slobbers.
- Mud, muck; a miry, slushy or muddy mixture.
- saliva spilling from the mouth
verb
noun
- A misty shower; dew.
- (food) Ellipsis of dag sandwich.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (Australia slang, derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- 10 grams
intj
verb
noun
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- the act of scattering
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- spreading widely or driving off
- A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
- (elections) The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
- (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
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verb
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- rain gently
- dash a liquid upon or against
- spot, splash, or soil
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
noun
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
- (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
verb
- rain gently
- utter with anger or contempt
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- drive a skewer through
- (intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- (transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
- (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
- (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.
- (ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
- (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To dig, to spade.
- (impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.
noun
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a skewer for holding meat over a fire
- Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
- (geography) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
- (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- (uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).
- (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
- The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
- The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
prefix
verb
- To gently rain.
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- hit lightly
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adj
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- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A baby shower.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- A bridal shower.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- a brief period of precipitation
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
verb
- To bathe using a shower.
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- provide abundantly with
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
- spray or sprinkle with
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- rain abundantly
noun
verb
- To be stocked to overflowing.
- (cooking, Scotland, Ireland) To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).
- To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
- To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
- To pour (especially with rain)
- (of rain, snow, etc) To fall prolifically.
- be teeming, be abuzz
- move in large numbers
verb
noun
noun
- a heavy rain
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- an overwhelming number or amount
- A great flood or rain.
- An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
- (firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
verb
noun
- a heavy rain
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
- (cooking) A mixture of grains softened in water which is added to bread dough.
- One who, or that which, soaks.
- (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
- (slang) A person suffering from alcoholism.
- A kind of knitted woollen diaper.
noun
- a heavy rain
- a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
- A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
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noun
- a heavy rain
- a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
- a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
- A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an explosion or impact.
- A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.
- A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
- A true tornado that passes over a body of water.
noun
- Rainy weather.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
- Liquid or moisture.
- (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
- wetness caused by water
adj
- (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
- (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
- (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
- producing or secreting milk
- very drunk
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- containing moisture or volatile components
verb
- Misspelling of whet.
- (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
- (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
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noun
- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
- Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
- any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
verb
noun
- (informal) Rain.
- (historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
- (treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
- (British, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
- plural of waterwork
- The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- (informal) Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
- a public utility that provides water
- workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
verb
- rain heavily
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
noun
- body covering of a living animal
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
- (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
- (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
verb
- rain heavily
- supply in large amounts or quantities
- flow in a spurt
- move in large numbers
- cause to run
- pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment
- Misspelling of pore.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- (transitive) To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
- (intransitive) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- (impersonal) To rain hard.
- (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
noun
verb
- rain heavily
- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
- move in large numbers
- flow freely and abundantly
- exude profusely
- (intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
- (transitive) To discharge in a stream.
- (Internet) To livestream.
- (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
noun
- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- (UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.
- (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
- A live stream.
- Current, the force of moving water.
- (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
- (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
- An instance of streaming digital data.
adj
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noun
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
- a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- (juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
- (Internet) A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
- A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
- (chemistry) A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
- A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
verb
- arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
- rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
- (transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
- (intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.
- (intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (transitive) To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements.
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verb
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- Any other opening and closing device.
- (construction) A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
- (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- One who shuts or closes something.
- (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- a hinged blind for a window
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- rain gently
- (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
- (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
- (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- distribute loosely
- scatter with liquid; wet lightly
noun
- A light shower of rain.
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- The action of the verb to sprinkle.
- A scattering.
- A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
verb
noun
verb
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- Light rain.
- very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- (physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
- (baking) A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.
- (slang) Water.
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verb
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- A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
- (herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra.
- (baseball) Synonym of spitball.
- (hip-hop slang) Rapper, emcee.
- Someone who spits.
- One who puts meat on a spit.
- An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
- A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
- (vulgar) Someone who spits out semen during oral sex.
- an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before they throw it
- a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
noun
- (uncommon) A dribbly shower (of rain).
- Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
- Attributive form of slobbers; causing or relating to the veterinary medical condition slobbers.
- Mud, muck; a miry, slushy or muddy mixture.
- saliva spilling from the mouth
verb
noun
- A misty shower; dew.
- (food) Ellipsis of dag sandwich.
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- (chiefly Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- (Australia slang, derogatory) One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd.
- The unbranched antler of a young deer.
- A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.
- (graph theory) A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- 10 grams
intj
verb
noun
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- the act of scattering
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- spreading widely or driving off
- A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
- (elections) The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates.
- (physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
verb
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- A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- (slang) A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
- A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
- A baby shower.
- An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
- A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
- (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
- A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
- One who shows.
- An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
- (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
- (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
- A bridal shower.
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- a brief period of precipitation
- a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
- someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
verb
- To bathe using a shower.
- (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
- To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
- To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
- provide abundantly with
- take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
- spray or sprinkle with
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- rain abundantly
noun
verb
- To be stocked to overflowing.
- (cooking, Scotland, Ireland) To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).
- To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
- To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
- To pour (especially with rain)
- (of rain, snow, etc) To fall prolifically.
- be teeming, be abuzz
- move in large numbers
noun
- a heavy rain
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- an overwhelming number or amount
- A great flood or rain.
- An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
- (firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
verb
noun
- a heavy rain
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
- (cooking) A mixture of grains softened in water which is added to bread dough.
- One who, or that which, soaks.
- (Canada, slang) The experience of stepping in a deep puddle and having one's foot become completely engulfed in water.
- (slang) A person suffering from alcoholism.
- A kind of knitted woollen diaper.
noun
- a heavy rain
- a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
- A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
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- a heavy rain
- a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
- a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
- A plume of water rising from the surface of a body of water as the result of an explosion or impact.
- A channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.
- A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
- A true tornado that passes over a body of water.
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- Rainy weather.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
- Liquid or moisture.
- (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
- wetness caused by water
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- (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
- (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
- (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
- producing or secreting milk
- very drunk
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- containing moisture or volatile components
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- Misspelling of whet.
- (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
- (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
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- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
- Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
- any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
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- (informal) Rain.
- (historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
- (treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
- (British, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
- plural of waterwork
- The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- (informal) Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
- a public utility that provides water
- workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
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- a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
- a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- (juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
- (Internet) A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
- A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
- (chemistry) A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
- A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
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- arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
- rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
- (transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
- (intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.
- (intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (transitive) To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements.
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- Light rain.
- very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- (physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
- (baking) A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.
- (slang) Water.
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- rain gently
- (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
- (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
- (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- distribute loosely
- scatter with liquid; wet lightly
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- rain gently
- dash a liquid upon or against
- spot, splash, or soil
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
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- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
- (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
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- rain gently
- utter with anger or contempt
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- drive a skewer through
- (intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- (transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
- (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
- (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.
- (ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
- (intransitive, slang, humorous) (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
- (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To dig, to spade.
- (impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.
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- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
- a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a skewer for holding meat over a fire
- Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
- (geography) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
- (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- (uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).
- (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
- The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
- The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
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- To gently rain.
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- hit lightly
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- rain heavily
- cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
- To remove the skin from (an animal); to skin.
- To bombard (someone or something) with missiles.
- Chiefly followed by at: to (continuously) throw (missiles) at.
- Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.
- (figuratively) To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
- To force (someone or something) to move using blows or the throwing of missiles.
- Chiefly followed by from: to remove (the skin) from an animal.
- Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.
- (figuratively) To assail (someone) with harsh words in speech or writing; to abuse, to insult.
- (archaic except British, dialectal) To repeatedly beat or hit (someone or something).
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- body covering of a living animal
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- (archaic except Midlands, Southern England (South West)) A fit of anger; an outburst, a rage.
- (also figuratively) The skin of an animal (especially a goat or sheep) with the hair or wool removed, often in preparation for tanning.
- (chiefly Northern England except in at (full) pelt) An act of moving quickly; a rush.
- The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
- (archaic except Ireland) A blow or stroke from something thrown.
- (chiefly Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.
- A tattered or worthless piece of clothing; a rag.
- A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.
- (archaic except Ireland) A verbal insult; a jeer, a jibe, a taunt.
- (by extension) Anything in a ragged and worthless state; rubbish, trash.
- The fur or hair of a living animal.
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- rain heavily
- supply in large amounts or quantities
- flow in a spurt
- move in large numbers
- cause to run
- pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment
- Misspelling of pore.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- (transitive) To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
- (intransitive) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- (impersonal) To rain hard.
- (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
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- rain heavily
- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
- move in large numbers
- flow freely and abundantly
- exude profusely
- (intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
- (transitive) To discharge in a stream.
- (Internet) To livestream.
- (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
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- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- (UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.
- (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
- A live stream.
- Current, the force of moving water.
- (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
- (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
- An instance of streaming digital data.
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- Any other opening and closing device.
- (construction) A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
- (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- One who shuts or closes something.
- (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- a hinged blind for a window