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dripping (root: drip)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dripping has 2 senses
- dripping(n = noun.event) drippage - a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house); Array is a kind of flow, flowing
- dripping(n = noun.event) drip - the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" is a kind of sound
Adverbial dripping has 1 sense
- dripping(r = adv.all) soaking, sopping - extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dripping, n.
1 fat melted from roasted meat and used for cooking or as a spread.
2 (in pl.) water, grease, etc., dripping from anything.
1 fat melted from roasted meat and used for cooking or as a spread.
2 (in pl.) water, grease, etc., dripping from anything.
ROGET THESAURUS
dripping
Moisture
N moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.
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