thoroughly+wet

  • 11drench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. douse, souse, soak, wet, saturate. See water, moisture. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. soak, wet, saturate, flood; see immerse 1 , soak 1 . See Synonym Study at soak . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 12soak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wet, drench, saturate, steep; absorb; permeate; drink, tipple; slang, overcharge, bleed. See water, moisture, dryness, drinking, dearness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To drench] Syn. drench, wet,… …

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  • 13sodden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. soaked, saturated, soggy, doughy, dull; drunken, befuddled, bloated. See moisture, drinking. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. saturated, drenched, steeped; see soaked , wet 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 14hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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  • 15sop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. morsel, pacifier; bribe, inducement, compensation, propitiation, token; milksop. See payment, moderation. v. steep, dunk, dip, soak; wet, moisten. See moisture. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. soak,… …

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  • 16douse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. soak, drench, souse; put out, extinguish. See water, darkness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To immerse in water] Syn. submerge, splash, drench; see immerse 1 , soak 1 . 2. [To put out] Syn. quench, drown… …

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  • 17saturate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. soak, fill, drench, impregnate, imbue. See completion, moisture, sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. soak, overfill, drench, steep; see immerse 1 , soak 1 . See Synonym Study at soak . III (Roget… …

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  • 18souse — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To soak] Syn. drown, wet, dunk; see dip 1 , immerse 1 . 2. [To preserve] Syn. pickle, marinate, brine; see preserve 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pickle, steep, soak, saturate, brine, marinate, immerse, dunk, plunge,… …

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  • 19drench — v. a. 1. Saturate, soak, steep, imbrue, wet thoroughly, wet through, wet through and through. 2. Physic, purge …

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  • 20drencher — drench (drĕnch) tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1) To wet through and through; soak. 2) To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3) To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: »just drenched in money. n …

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