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adj
- slightly wet
- (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
- Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
- Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
- Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
- (sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
- Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
- Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
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verb
adj
adj
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To fill thoroughly or to excess.
- (transitive, chemistry) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- (transitive, optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
- infuse or fill completely
- cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
adj
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Diluted or having too much water.
- (of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- Weak and insipid.
- Containing many bodies of water.
- Tearful.
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- filled with water
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
verb
- soak up with a sponge
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
noun
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
noun
- The act of soaking.
- The amount of liquid soaked in.
- (Ireland, informal) food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness
- A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
noun
noun
verb
- wet with a spurt of liquid
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
noun
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
- A moment, a short period of time.
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
verb
- wet with a spurt of liquid
- cause to come out in a squirt
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
- (transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
- To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly vertical.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To 3D print (a firearm).
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
- (transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
noun
- someone who is small and insignificant
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- (UK, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, slang) A small child.
- A small, quick stream; a jet.
- (hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
- A burst of noise.
- (slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
- (informal) An act of urination.
- A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
- An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
noun
verb
- To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
- To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
- (specifically, veterinary medicine) To administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force.
- permeate or impregnate
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- force to drink
adj
- wet, having wet ground, slushy
- of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush
- slushy, very romantic
- (fandom slang) Characteristic of or related to slash fiction.
- resembling a slash (the punctuation mark)
- darting, running in a zigzag motion
- Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
- making a movement akin to swiping a sword.
noun
- Something entirely soaked.
- (derogatory) Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
- A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
- A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe.
- (music, informal) Clipping of soprano.
- (Appalachia) Gravy.
- A thing of little or no value.
- a concession given to mollify or placate
- piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
verb
noun
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
- the act of making something completely wet
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
adj
verb
adv
verb
- make into a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- To dabble in mud.
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
noun
verb
- make into a puddle
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- To form a puddle.
- make a puddle by splashing water
- eliminate urine
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- dip into mud before planting
- mix up or confuse
- work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
- To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- (entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
noun
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
- A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
- (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
- (rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
- A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
noun
- The body of liquid one bathes in.
- (real estate, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
- (by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
- A building or area where bathing occurs.
- An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
- The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
- A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
- a soaking and washing in a bathtub
- a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
verb
noun
noun
- The action of forming a puddle.
- (metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
- A group of mallards (ducks).
- A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.
- (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
- The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
verb
verb
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- (by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- (machine learning) To transform a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
- To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
- (also figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
adj
- wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
- Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
- not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- lacking neatness or order
- excessively or abnormally emotional
- marked by great carelessness
- (of soil) soft and watery
- Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
- Imprecise or loose.
noun
- A burst of water.
- A showerhead.
- A water main
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
adj
noun
- the act of making something completely wet
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
- (Caribbean) Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
- A heavy blow.
- The act of sousing, or swooping.
- A pickle made with salt.
- (US, Appalachia) Pickled scrapple.
- The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
- A drunkard.
- The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
- The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
- (US, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of source.
verb
- cook in a marinade
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
- (now dialectal, transitive) To strike, beat.
- (now dialectal, intransitive) To fall heavily.
- (transitive) To steep in brine; to pickle.
verb
- (intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.
- (impersonal, of the weather) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
- (transitive) To let fall in drops.
- (UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
- (intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of (something).
- (stative, slang) Be impressive or attractive.
- (intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
- (intransitive) To leak slowly.
- fall in drops
- let or cause to fall in drops
noun
- A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- (architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
- (medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
- (slang, uncountable) Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
- (finance) Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
- A drop of a liquid.
- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
noun
adj
verb
noun
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
adj
adj
- 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
- (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.
noun
- wetness caused by water
- 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”).
verb
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
- 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.
noun
- The act of soaking.
- The amount of liquid soaked in.
- (Ireland, informal) food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness
- A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
noun
noun
noun
verb
- To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
- To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
- (specifically, veterinary medicine) To administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force.
- permeate or impregnate
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- force to drink
adj
noun
verb
noun
- Something entirely soaked.
- (derogatory) Ellipsis of milksop, a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
- A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
- A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of sop to Cerberus, something given or done to pacify or bribe.
- (music, informal) Clipping of soprano.
- (Appalachia) Gravy.
- A thing of little or no value.
- a concession given to mollify or placate
- piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
verb
noun
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
- the act of making something completely wet
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
adj
verb
adv
noun
- The body of liquid one bathes in.
- (real estate, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
- (by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
- A building or area where bathing occurs.
- An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
- The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).
- A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
- a soaking and washing in a bathtub
- a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
- an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
verb
noun
noun
- The action of forming a puddle.
- (metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
- A group of mallards (ducks).
- A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.
- (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
- The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
verb
noun
- A burst of water.
- A showerhead.
- A water main
- (uncountable) Hydrocephalus
- The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
- A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
- A spring or headwater.
- A stupid and/or ugly person.
- The enlarged head of a person or animal with hydrocephalus.
- A hydrocephalic person or animal
- The place where water enters or exits a device or system
- An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
- A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
verb
noun
- the act of making something completely wet
- a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
- (Caribbean) Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig
- A heavy blow.
- The act of sousing, or swooping.
- A pickle made with salt.
- (US, Appalachia) Pickled scrapple.
- The ear; especially, a hog's ear.
- A drunkard.
- The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
- The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
- (US, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of source.
verb
- cook in a marinade
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
- (now dialectal, transitive) To strike, beat.
- (now dialectal, intransitive) To fall heavily.
- (transitive) To steep in brine; to pickle.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
verb
- soak up with a sponge
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
noun
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
verb
- wet with a spurt of liquid
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
noun
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
- A moment, a short period of time.
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
verb
- wet with a spurt of liquid
- cause to come out in a squirt
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.
- (transitive) To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.
- To forcefully maneuver against the current so that the end of a kayak is forced nearly vertical.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To 3D print (a firearm).
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.
- (transitive, by extension) To emit, eject or excrete (something).
noun
- someone who is small and insignificant
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- (UK, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, slang) A small child.
- A small, quick stream; a jet.
- (hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
- A burst of noise.
- (slang) An annoyingly pretentious person; a whippersnapper.
- (informal) An act of urination.
- A maneuver in which a kayak is forced into a nearly vertical position.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Female ejaculate.
- An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
verb
- make into a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- To dabble in mud.
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
noun
verb
- make into a puddle
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- To form a puddle.
- make a puddle by splashing water
- eliminate urine
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- dip into mud before planting
- mix up or confuse
- work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
- To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- (entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
noun
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
- A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
- (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
- (rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
- A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
verb
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- (by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- (machine learning) To transform a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
- To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
- (also figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
verb
- (intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.
- (impersonal, of the weather) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
- (transitive) To let fall in drops.
- (UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
- (intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of (something).
- (stative, slang) Be impressive or attractive.
- (intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
- (intransitive) To leak slowly.
- fall in drops
- let or cause to fall in drops
noun
- A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- (architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
- (medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
- (slang, uncountable) Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
- (finance) Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
- A drop of a liquid.
- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
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verb
adj
- slightly wet
- (informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
- Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
- Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
- Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
- (sciences, historical) Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
- Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.
- Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
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verb
- (transitive, figurative) To fill thoroughly or to excess.
- (transitive, chemistry) To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- (transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- (transitive, optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
- infuse or fill completely
- cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
adj
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Diluted or having too much water.
- (of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- Weak and insipid.
- Containing many bodies of water.
- Tearful.
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- filled with water
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
adj
- wet, having wet ground, slushy
- of a work of art, done in the style that suggests the painter was slashing the canvas with a paintbrush
- slushy, very romantic
- (fandom slang) Characteristic of or related to slash fiction.
- resembling a slash (the punctuation mark)
- darting, running in a zigzag motion
- Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
- making a movement akin to swiping a sword.
adj
- wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
- Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
- not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- lacking neatness or order
- excessively or abnormally emotional
- marked by great carelessness
- (of soil) soft and watery
- Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
- Imprecise or loose.
adj
adj
adj
- 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
- (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.
noun
- wetness caused by water
- 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”).
verb
- cause to become wet
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
- 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.