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1 wringing wet
(soaked through: The clothes are wringing wet; wringing-wet clothes.) rennandi blautur -
2 mangle
['mæŋɡl] 1. verb1) (to crush to pieces: The car was badly mangled in the accident.) meiða, lemstra2) (to spoil (eg a piece of music) by bad mistakes etc: He mangled the music by his terrible playing.) aflaga, fara illa með3) (to put (clothing etc) through a mangle.) vinda (þvott)2. noun(a machine with rollers for squeezing water out of wet clothes etc.) þvottkefli, vinda -
3 wringer
noun (a machine for forcing water from wet clothes.) þvottavinda -
4 soak
[səuk]1) (to (let) stand in a liquid: She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water.) leggja/liggja í bleyti2) (to make very wet: That shower has completely soaked my clothes.) gegnbleyta3) ((with in, into, through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate: The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage.) gegnvæta•- soaked- - soaked
- soaking
- soaking wet
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5 sweaty
adjective (wet or stained with, or smelling of, sweat: sweaty clothes/bodies.) sveittur; svitastorkinn
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