Palavras em English para 'thin by adding water to'
Acima você encontra palavras relacionadas a "thin by adding water to". Foque ou passe o cursor sobre uma palavra para ver sua definição.
Resultados da pesquisa
noun
- weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
- The process of making something dilute.
- a diluted solution
- (finance) Ellipsis of share dilution.
- The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
- (copyright law) Ellipsis of trademark dilution.
- A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
verb
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- 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 form a puddle.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- (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).
- make a puddle by splashing water
- eliminate urine
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- dip into mud before planting
- make into a puddle
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
noun
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
adj
noun
adj
noun
verb
- cover with liquid, usually water
- supply with an excess of
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- become filled to overflowing
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- a large flow
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- A floodlight.
verb
- concentrate by removing water from
- compress or concentrate
- develop due to condensation
- become more compact or concentrated
- make more concise
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
verb
noun
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- a heavy rain
- 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
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- put under water
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
verb
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- Moderately warm.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
noun
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- A dip in a surface.
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- become slow or slower
- become looser or slack
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- make less active or fast
adj
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- (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.
- 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
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
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
verb
adj
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
- become hydrated and combine with water
- supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to
- (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.
- (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables
- (slang) To drink water.
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- lose water or moisture
- dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
- (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
- (intransitive, ambitransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
- (of an actor) To forget one's lines.
- (transitive) To cause to become dry.
- (1930s US slang) To stop talking or drop a topic.
- (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
- (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
noun
adj
verb
adj
- filled with water
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- relating to or resembling or consisting of 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.
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Containing many bodies of water.
- Tearful.
verb
- To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
- To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
- soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- separate into constituents by soaking
- cause to grow thin or weak
- become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
noun
noun
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- a passage selected from a larger work
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- Ancestry; descent.
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
verb
- get despite difficulties or obstacles
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- extract by the process of distillation
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- calculate the root of a number
- (transitive) To select parts of a whole
- (transitive) To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of
- (transitive) To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
- (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
- (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
noun
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
- (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
- the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
- (medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.
- A giving of money or other resources, typically a large amount, to an organization.
- A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
- The act of installing a quality into a person.
- The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
verb
- To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
- To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
- (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
- To make cool.
- To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
- To touch up the paint on (something).
- To refresh; to revive; to renew.
- (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
- (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
- (transitive, historical) To top up (primer) in a firearm.
- To be refreshed.
- To become cool.
- (transitive) To top up (a drink).
- (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.
- To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
- (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
- become or make oneself fresh again
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
verb
- apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil
- to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
- hit lightly
- (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
- (transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
- (dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
- (slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
- (bingo) Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)
noun
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- a light touch or stroke
- a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
- (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
- (dance) A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
- A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
- (African-American Vernacular) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
- One who is skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
- A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
- (slang) A small amount of hash oil.
- A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
adv
verb
noun
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
- A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
- (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
- (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
- A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
- A mop, especially on a ship.
verb
noun
- very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- Light rain.
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
adj
noun
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- Mist, fog.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
prefix
- (chemistry) Having an extra proportion of water.
- (crystallography) Orthorhombic crystal structure.
- Vertical or upright in movement.
- (physics) Of any molecule of the form X₂ in which the two nuclei have parallel spin.
- Independent, separate.
- (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in adjacent (1,2) positions (compare meta- and para-).
- Original, primary.
- Normal, ordinary.
- Right angle, perpendicular.
- Proper, righteous, pure.
- (medicine) Orthopaedics.
- Same, from the same.
- Parallel lines or columns.
- To correct or fix.
- Straight in form.
- (geology) Igneous.
verb
- remove the moisture from and make dry
- become empty of water
- become dry or drier
- (intransitive) To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.
- (colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
- (intransitive, bowling, of a bowling lane) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.
- (transitive) To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
adj
- needing moisture
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
noun
noun
adj
verb
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
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
- To dilute.
- make thin or thinner
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
adj
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
adv
noun
verb
adj
noun
noun
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- submerge in a liquid
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- beat severely
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (Ireland, informal) food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness
- The amount of liquid soaked in.
- A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
- The act of soaking.
noun
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- 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.
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
adv
adj
verb
noun
- weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
- The process of making something dilute.
- a diluted solution
- (finance) Ellipsis of share dilution.
- The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
- (copyright law) Ellipsis of trademark dilution.
- A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- a passage selected from a larger work
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- Ancestry; descent.
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
verb
- get despite difficulties or obstacles
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- extract by the process of distillation
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- calculate the root of a number
- (transitive) To select parts of a whole
- (transitive) To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of
- (transitive) To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
- (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
- (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
noun
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
- (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
- the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
- (medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.
- A giving of money or other resources, typically a large amount, to an organization.
- A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
- The act of installing a quality into a person.
- The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
noun
adj
verb
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
noun
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- submerge in a liquid
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- beat severely
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (Ireland, informal) food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness
- The amount of liquid soaked in.
- A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
- The act of soaking.
noun
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- 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.
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
adv
adj
verb
verb
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- 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 form a puddle.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- (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).
- make a puddle by splashing water
- eliminate urine
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- dip into mud before planting
- make into a puddle
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
noun
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
adj
noun
verb
- cover with liquid, usually water
- supply with an excess of
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- become filled to overflowing
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- a large flow
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- A floodlight.
verb
- concentrate by removing water from
- compress or concentrate
- develop due to condensation
- become more compact or concentrated
- make more concise
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
verb
noun
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- a heavy rain
- 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
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- put under water
- (transitive, figurative) To drown or suppress.
- (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
- (transitive, figurative, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
- (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
verb
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- Moderately warm.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
noun
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- A dip in a surface.
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
- (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- become slow or slower
- become looser or slack
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- make less active or fast
verb
adj
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
- become hydrated and combine with water
- supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to
- (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.
- (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables
- (slang) To drink water.
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- lose water or moisture
- dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
- (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
- (intransitive, ambitransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
- (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
- (of an actor) To forget one's lines.
- (transitive) To cause to become dry.
- (1930s US slang) To stop talking or drop a topic.
- (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
- (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
verb
- To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
- To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
- soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- separate into constituents by soaking
- cause to grow thin or weak
- become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
noun
verb
- To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
- To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
- (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
- To make cool.
- To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
- To touch up the paint on (something).
- To refresh; to revive; to renew.
- (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
- (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
- (transitive, historical) To top up (primer) in a firearm.
- To be refreshed.
- To become cool.
- (transitive) To top up (a drink).
- (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.
- To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
- (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
- become or make oneself fresh again
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
verb
- apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil
- to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
- hit lightly
- (transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
- (transitive) To apply a substance in this way.
- (dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
- (slang) To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
- (bingo) Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)
noun
- a small quantity of something moist or liquid
- a light touch or stroke
- a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing
- (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
- (dance) A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
- A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
- (African-American Vernacular) A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
- One who is skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
- A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
- (slang) A small amount of hash oil.
- A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
adv
verb
noun
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion
- (medicine) A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access.
- A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material).
- (slang) A sailor; a swabby.
- (slang) A naval officer's epaulet.
- A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns.
- A mop, especially on a ship.
verb
noun
- very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- Light rain.
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
adj
noun
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- Mist, fog.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
verb
- remove the moisture from and make dry
- become empty of water
- become dry or drier
- (intransitive) To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.
- (colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
- (intransitive, bowling, of a bowling lane) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.
- (transitive) To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
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
- To dilute.
- make thin or thinner
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
adj
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
adv
noun
verb
adj
noun
Nenhuma palavra correspondente encontrada. Tente uma descrição mais ampla.
adj
noun
adj
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- (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.
- 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
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
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
adj
- filled with water
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
- relating to or resembling or consisting of 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.
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Containing many bodies of water.
- Tearful.
adj
- needing moisture
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.