1.3.3 Wet

Use this domain for words referring to when something has water on it or water has soaked into it.

Louw Nida Codes: 
47C Application and Removal of Liquids or Masses
79O Wet, Dry
  • What words describe something that is wet?
    wet, dank, watery, aqueous, sludgy, slush, slushy, sloppy, sweaty
  • What words describe something that is very wet?
    soaked, soaking wet, sopping wet, wringing wet, awash, dripping, sodden, soggy, saturated, waterlogged, be swimming in, drenched, doused
  • What words describe something that is slightly wet?
    moist, damp, a little wet, clammy, dewy
  • What words describe the ground when it is wet?
    muddy, boggy, marshy, swampy
  • What words describe the air when there is water in it?
    humid, moist, muggy, steamy, tropical
  • What words describe plants when there is water in them?
    green, juicy, succulent
  • What words refer to something becoming wet?
    get wet, get soaked, bedew
  • What words refer to making something wet?
    wet, get something wet, splash, anoint, dabble, daub, douse, spatter, spray, sprinkle
  • What words refer to making something very wet?
    soak, drench, saturate, flood, swamp, deluge
  • What words refer to making something slightly wet?
    dampen, moisten, lick
  • What words refer to something soaking up water?
    absorb, blot, daub, soak up, sponge, sop, mop up, wipe up
  • What words describe something that can soak up water?
    absorbent, porous

    • 1.3.3.1 Dry

    Use this domain for words describing something that is dry.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    79O Wet, Dry
    47C Application and Removal of Liquids or Masses
    79O Wet, Dry
  • What words describe something that is dry?
    dry (adj), dry as a bone, bone-dry, arid, waterless, parched, dehydrated, desiccated, dried, evaporated, sere, withered
  • What words describe the ground when it is dry?
    dry, dusty, thirsty,
  • What words describe the air when there is no water in it?
    drought
  • What words refer to something becoming dry?
    dry (v), dry out, dry up, shrivel, wither, evaporate, dehydrate, desiccate
  • What words refer to making something dry?
    dry something, sear, parch
  • What words refer to removing water from something?
    dry something off, remove water, drain, strain, wring out, squeeze out
  • What tools are used to remove water from things?
    sieve, press