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SODDEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wet through and through; thoroughly wet
Example:
soppy clothes
Synonyms:
sodden; soppy
Classified under:
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Context examples:
We continued our systematic survey of the edge of the sodden portion of the moor, and soon our perseverance was gloriously rewarded.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the Hatherley side of the pool the woods grew very thick, and there was a narrow belt of sodden grass twenty paces across between the edge of the trees and the reeds which lined the lake.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
