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wetting
| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
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| Concept: | Water. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua, aqua, pani., dilution, maceration, lotion; washing; immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath., deluge (water in motion); high water, flood tide.
-verbs
be watery; reek., add water, water, wet; moisten; dilute, dip, immerse; merge; immerge, submerge; plunge, souse, duck, drown; soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench; dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge; syringe, inject, gargle.
-adjectives
watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic; balneal, diluent; drenching; diluted; weak; wet (moist).
-phrases
the waters are out.
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