Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dampen; put water in |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bathe, damp, dilute, doctor, douse, drench, drool, flood, hose, imbue, inundate, irrigate, moisten, saturate, soak, sodden, souse, spatter, spray, sprinkle, steep, thin, wash, weaken, wet |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | wet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to become damp, moist |
| Synonyms: | bathe, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drown, hose, humidify, imbue, irrigate, moisten, rinse, saturate, soak, sop, souse, splash, spray, sprinkle, steep, wash, water |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | sluice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream |
| Synonyms: | channel, douse, flume, flush, gate, gush, pour, soak, trough, valve, wash |
| Main Entry: | immerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | bail, baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, heap, immerse, irrigate, ladle, lave, load, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, scoop, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash |
| Synonyms: | bath, bathe, brush up, bubble*, clean up, cleanse, dip, do the dishes, do the laundry, douse, drench, float*, fresh up, freshen up, hose, imbue, immerse, lap, launder, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shampoo, shine*, shower, slosh, soak, soap, sponge, starch, swab, take a bath, take a shower, tub, wash up, wet, wipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | submerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck*, dunk, immerge, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | splash |
| Synonyms: | bathe, bespatter, broadcast, dabble, dash, douse, drench, drown, get wet, moisten, paddle, plash, plunge, shower, slop, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, throw, wade, wallow, wet |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | water |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
adlittoral, aquatic, aqueous, balneal, brashy, cloacal, diluent, diluted, drenching, eupotamic, grandinous, hydrodynamic, hyetal, interlacustrine, lacuscular, lacustrine, lenitic, lentic, limnal, lymphate, lymphatic, moiré, phreatic, pluvial, pluvious, rainy, showery, stagnicolous, stillicidous, subriguous, undigenous, vadose, watery, weak, wet
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