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adjective

Definition of water-soakednext
as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water make sure that the bandages don't get water-soaked when you take a shower

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water-soaked

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verb

past tense of water-soak
as in wet
to make wet the fire is out, but the firefighters water-soaked most of the house in the process

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for water-soaked
  1. saturated
  2. wet
  3. saturate
  4. drowned
  5. washed
  6. flooded
  7. sodden
  8. soggy
Adjective
  • In saturated fats, the carbon atoms have the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms bonded.
    Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Color palettes emulate the yellowing fade of old photographs and the overly saturated or unnaturally cool tones of digital imagery, a reminder that the camera is rarely an objective observer.
    Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of saturated
Verb
  • The greed machine has already taken over the health care and banking industries and that success has wetted their appetites to rip off even more Americans.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This model can also mop the floors, lifting them when encountering carpets so as not to wet them.
    Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of wet
Adjective
  • Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.
    C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • To give the vinegar a longer working time, saturate paper towels and press them against the glass like wallpaper.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Definition of saturate
Verb
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Others may have slipped under the radar, drowned out by the drumbeat of breaking news.
    JTA Staff Report, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of drowned
Verb
  • Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Jan. 2025
  • There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of washed
Adjective
  • According to the sheriff's department, someone strolling along a trail near Santa Rosa discovered a man's corpse in a flooded creek.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Hours later, a man's body was found in the same flooded creek, Brice said.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of flooded
Adjective
  • Standing outside their river cabin after a flood, the president and his wife pulled out all the sodden bedding just like their neighbors.
    Danielle Dreilinger, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Use fast-draining potting mix that won’t force roots to stand in sodden soil for long periods of time.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of sodden
Adjective
  • Her breaking point came during a task that repeatedly pulled the interlocked participants under frigid water: The soggy Sutter faltered when running from the beach with a 30-pound rucksack.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Water often to keep the soil moist but never soggy.
    Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of soggy
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