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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp, moist |
| Synonyms: | aqueous, clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, foggy, humid, misty, moistened, muggy, pouring, raining, rainy, saturate, saturated, showery, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, stormy, teary, teeming, water-logged, watery, wringing-wet |
| Antonyms: | dehydrated, 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: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
| Synonyms: | bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
| Antonyms: | dirty |
| Main Entry: | bedraggled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unkempt |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dilapidated, dirty, disheveled, disordered, dowdy, drenched, dripping, faded, messy, muddied, muddy, run-down, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, sodden, soiled, stained, sullied, tacky, tattered, threadbare, untidy, wet |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, tidy |
| Main Entry: | clammy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp |
| Synonyms: | close, dank, drizzly, moist, mucid, mucous, muculent, pasty, slimy, soggy, sticky, sweating, sweaty, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | dampen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make wet |
| Synonyms: | bedew, besprinkle, dabble, humidify, moisten, rinse, spray, sprinkle, water, wet |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | dank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clammy |
| Synonyms: | chilly, close, damp, dewy, dripping, humid, moist, muggy, slimy, soggy, steamy, sticky, wet, wettish |
| Antonyms: | dry, parched |
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate with water |
| Synonyms: | douse, drench, drown, engulf, flood, flush, gush, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, pour, sluice, soak, sop, souse, stream, submerge, swamp, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into liquid |
| 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 |
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