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DRIPPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
Example:
the constant sound of dripping irritated him
Synonyms:
drip; dripping
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dripping" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
Synonyms:
drippage; dripping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("dripping" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb drip
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely wet
Example:
soaking wet
Synonyms:
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Context examples:
But soon the anchor was short up; soon it was hanging dripping at the bows; soon the sails began to draw, and the land and shipping to flit by on either side; and before I could lie down to snatch an hour of slumber the HISPANIOLA had begun her voyage to the Isle of Treasure.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Grant himself went out with an umbrella, there was nothing to be done but to be very much ashamed, and to get into the house as fast as possible; and to poor Miss Crawford, who had just been contemplating the dismal rain in a very desponding state of mind, sighing over the ruin of all her plan of exercise for that morning, and of every chance of seeing a single creature beyond themselves for the next twenty-four hours, the sound of a little bustle at the front door, and the sight of Miss Price dripping with wet in the vestibule, was delightful.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
An hour's complete leisure for such reflections as these, on a dark November day, a small thick rain almost blotting out the very few objects ever to be discerned from the windows, was enough to make the sound of Lady Russell's carriage exceedingly welcome; and yet, though desirous to be gone, she could not quit the Mansion House, or look an adieu to the Cottage, with its black, dripping and comfortless veranda, or even notice through the misty glasses the last humble tenements of the village, without a saddened heart.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
His eyes flamed red with devilish passion; the great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge; and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood-dripping mouth, champed together like those of a wild beast.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
As no one appeared but an inquisitive daddy-longlegs, who examined her work with interest, she went to walk, got caught in a shower, and came home dripping.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
At last, when he was almost out of breath, she suddenly threw herself down upon a mossy bank, between two holly-bushes, and looked ruefully at her own dripping feet and bedraggled skirt.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The golden edge of the sun was just sinking behind the oaks of Reigate Hill when the dripping mares drew up before the Crown at Redhill.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ere long, with the servant's aid, I contrived to mount a staircase; my dripping clothes were removed; soon a warm, dry bed received me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
His face and neck were hidden beneath a black beard, intershot with grey, which would have been stiff and bushy had it not been limp and draggled and dripping with water.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It had been a great vessel of three masts but had lain so long exposed to the injuries of the weather that it was hung about with great webs of dripping seaweed, and on the deck of it shore bushes had taken root and now flourished thick with flowers.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
