| Main Entry: | dunk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip in liquid |
Synonyms: |
douse, duck, immerse, saturate, soak, sop, souse, submerge, submerse |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
Synonyms: |
blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | drench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wet thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem |
Antonyms: |
dry, parch |
| Main Entry: | immerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submerge in liquid |
Synonyms: |
asperse, baptize, bathe, bury, christen, dip, douse, drench, drown, duck, dunk, merge, plunge, saturate, sink, slop, soak, souse, sprinkle, steep, submerse |
Antonyms: |
dry, retrieve |
| Main Entry: | inundate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drown, overwhelm |
Synonyms: |
deluge, dunk, engulf, flood, glut, immerse, overflow, overrun, pour down on, snow*, submerge, swamp, whelm |
Antonyms: |
underwhelm |
| Main Entry: | plunge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick drop; enthusiastic attempt |
Synonyms: |
belly flop, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, venture |
Antonyms: |
ascent, increase, rise |
| 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 |