soak
drink
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blot
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flow
percolate
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wick
draw
leach
take out
dip
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wash
flume
tap
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flux
antisiphon
swamp
imbibe
sipe
down
sorb
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sop up
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nonabsorbent
siphon
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freeingly
sink
bathe
drip
impermeable
wring
dropper
let
plunge
overflow
exhalant
slosh
bucking
absorptively
absorbefacient
splash
absorb
meter
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hygroscopic
tapped
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channel
intake valve
prewet
preabsorption
distil
effuse
presorb
infiltrate
run
liquefy
decanting
exude
sinking
spile
water
exhaust
sousing
take up
filtration
infuse
slop
instillator
liquesce
shunt
reemerge
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absorbent
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hydroabsorbent
spongy
spongelike
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leaky
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nonabsorptive
impermeable
exhalant
absorbefacient
sorbefacient
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freeingly
absorptively
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dropper
bucking
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sousing
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drink
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draw
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swim
wash
tap
drain
flux
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down
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verb
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- To absorb; to drain.
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- to engage in sexual activity with penetration but without hip thrusting (usually said of Mormons).
- (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- To take money from.
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
noun
verb
- To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
- To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
- To consume alcoholic beverages.
- To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
noun
verb
- to soak up or absorb liquid.
- to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
noun
verb
- To allow (a liquid) to flow.
- To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- To hang loosely and wave.
- To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
- To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
- To proceed; to issue forth.
- To cover with varnish.
noun
- The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
- A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- A morass or marsh.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- The rising movement of the tide.
- Smoothness or continuity.
adj
noun
- Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
- A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
- Anything which absorbs.
verb
- To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
- To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
- To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
noun
- (Usually plural) The parts of weed roots that remain viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
- A farm, especially a dairy farm.
- A corner of the mouth or eye.
- A maggot.
- The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
- A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
- The penis.
- Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
- A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
- A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
adj
verb
- take liquid out of a container or well
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- take liquid out of a container or well
- cause to leave
- remove from its packing
- take out or remove
- obtain by legal or official process
- make a date
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
verb
- To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- To lower into a liquid.
- To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- To immerse for baptism.
- To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
- To leave.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- To lower a light's beam.
- To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
noun
- A diplomat.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The moist form of snuff tobacco.
- A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- Fried bread.
- A foolish person.
- A dip stick.
- A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A sauce for dipping.
- The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
verb
- To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
- To move around freely because of excess space.
- To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- To glide along with a waving motion.
- My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
- To cause to swim.
- To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- To be overflowed or drenched.
- To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
noun
verb
- To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
- To clean oneself with water.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To clean with water.
- To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
noun
- The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- A liquid used for washing.
- A shallow body of water.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The blade of an oar.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
verb
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To put a new sole or heel on.
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- To furnish with taps.
- To exploit.
- To cadge, borrow or beg.
- To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- To strike lightly.
- To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
- To cut an internal screw thread.
- To make a sharp noise.
- To intercept a communication without authority.
- To force (an opponent) to submit.
noun
- A device used to dispense liquids.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- An interception of communication by authority.
- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
- The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
- Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
- A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
- An Indian malarial fever.
- The act of touching a touch screen.
- A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
- A state of ongoing change.
- The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
- A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
- The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
verb
- To drench or fill with water.
- To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
- To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
noun
- A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
- A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
- A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
verb
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To disparage; to put down.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- From the higher end to the lower of.
- At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
adv
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
verb
- To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- To push (something) into something.
- To make by digging or delving.
- To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- To pay absolutely.
- To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
noun
- An object or callback that captures events; an event sink.
- A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
- Descending motion; descent.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- A destination vertex in a transportation network.
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
- A sinkhole.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- An excavation smaller than a shaft.
- A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A heat sink.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- The motion of a sinker pitch.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
verb
- To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
- She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
- To sunbathe.
- To cover or surround.
- To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
- To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
- To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
noun
noun
- An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
- A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
- Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
- A drop of a liquid.
- A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.
- That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
verb
verb
- To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
- To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
- To bend or strain out of its position.
- To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
- To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
- To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
- To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
- To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
noun
noun
- A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
- A person who uses fraudulent cheques.
- One who drops something, especially one who drops a specific item to cause mischief.
- A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game.
- A software component designed to install malware on a target system.
- A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.
- A drop shot.
- A batten fixed to a post-and-wire fence to keep the wires apart.
verb
- To allow the release of (a fluid).
- To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
- To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.
- To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
noun
verb
- To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
- To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
- To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
- To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
- To remove a blockage by suction.
- To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
noun
noun
- The liquid used in this process.
- The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
- A washing.
- The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
- The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
- The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
verb
- To hit or expel liquid at.
- To create an impact or impression; to print, post, or publicize prominently.
- To shoot down (an aircraft) over water.
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- To spend (money).
- To roughly fill with color.
- To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.
- To launch a ship.
- To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
noun
- A small amount (of color).
- The shooting down of an aircraft over water.
- An impact or impression.
- A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- A large, prominent headline or article.
- A splash screen.
- The bleeding caused by a knife wound.
- A knife.
- The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
verb
- To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
- in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
- taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
- To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
- To take in energy and convert it, as
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To occupy or consume time.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- Assimilate mentally.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
- To defray the costs.
- in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
verb
- To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
- To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
- To measure with a metering device.
noun
- The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived as 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds.
- A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
- The overall rhythm of a song or poem; particularly, the number of beats in a measure or syllables in a line.
noun
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- a television station and its programs
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
verb
verb
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- 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.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by 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.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
verb
- To cause (a liquid) to pass through something by filtration.
- To cause to penetrate in this way.
- To invade or penetrate a tissue or organ.
- To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
- To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line.
- To pass through something by filtration.
- To move from a vein, remaining in the body.
noun
verb
- Of a liquid, to flow.
- To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
- To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To make run in a race.
- To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
- To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To speedrun.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To move or spread quickly.
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- To make a machine operate.
- To become liquid; to melt.
- To make something extend in space.
- Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
- To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
- To be presented in the media.
- Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To compete in a race.
- Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To make run in an election.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To have growth or development.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
verb
- To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- To dilute.
- To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- To urinate onto.
- To fill with or secrete water.
- To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- To get or take in water.
- To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
noun
- The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
- A serving of liquid water.
- A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
- Urine.
- The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
- Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
- Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
- Water in a body; an area of open water.
- A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
- A person's intuition.
- The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
- Spa water.
- Mineral water.
verb
- To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely (:liquid)
- To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
- To bring out or develop completely
- To discuss thoroughly or completely
- To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives
- to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
- To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
noun
- An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
- A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
- The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
- The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
- exhaust gas.
verb
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- pursue or resume
- adopt
- turn one's interest to
- take up time or space
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- take up and practice as one's own
- occupy or take on
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- accept
- take in, also metaphorically
- take up as if with a sponge
- return to a previous location or condition
verb
- To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
- To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
- To instill as a quality.
- To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
- To undergo infusion.
- To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
verb
- To spill or dump liquid, especially over the edge of a container when it moves.
- To make one's way through soggy terrain.
- In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
- To feed pigs.
- To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
noun
- Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
- A policeman.
- Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
- A rubber thong sandal.
- Inferior, weak drink or semi-liquid food.
- Semi-solid like substance; goo, paste, mud, pulp.
- See slops.
- Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
verb
- To divert the flow of a body fluid.
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
- To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- To carry on arbitrage between the London stock exchange and provincial stock exchanges.
- To provide with a shunt.
- To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
noun
- A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
- An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- An abnormal passage between body channels.
- The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
- A minor collision between vehicles.
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
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