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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet, damp |
| Synonyms: | bathe, bedew, dampen, dip, drench, humidify, lick, mist, moisturize, rain on, rinse, saturate, shower, soak, sog, sop, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, squirt, steam, steep, wash, water, water down, waterlog, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | soak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet |
| Synonyms: | absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe, soften, sop, souse, steep, submerge, take in, wash, water, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | souse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very wet |
| Synonyms: | brine, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, impregnate, marinate, pickle, preserve, seethe, soak, sop, steep, submerge, submerse, waterlog, wet |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let soak |
| Synonyms: | bathe, damp, drench, fill, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog |
| Notes: | a gentle slope is a glacis; a precipitous slope is a steep |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overwhelm, flood |
| Synonyms: | beset, besiege, crowd, drench, drown, engulf, inundate, overcrowd, overflow, overload, satiate, saturate, sink, snow*, submerge, submerse, surfeit, swallow up, upset, wash, waterlog, whelm |
| Antonyms: | pass up, underwhelm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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