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1 wet
[wet] 1. adjective1) (containing, soaked in, or covered with, water or another liquid: We got soaking wet when it began to rain; His shirt was wet through with sweat; wet hair; The car skidded on the wet road.) blautur2) (rainy: a wet day; wet weather; It was wet yesterday.) votviðrasamur2. verb(to make wet: She wet her hair and put shampoo on it; The baby has wet himself / his nappy / the bed.) bleyta3. noun1) (moisture: a patch of wet.) raki2) (rain: Don't go out in the wet.) rigning•- wetness- wet blanket
- wet-nurse
- wetsuit
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2 wet through
(very wet: His coat was wet through.) gegnblautur -
3 wet blanket
(a depressing companion.) leiðindaskjóða -
4 wet-nurse
noun (a woman employed to breast-feed someone else's baby.) brjóstmóðir -
5 soaking wet
(soaking; very wet: I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet.) gegnblautur -
6 wringing wet
(soaked through: The clothes are wringing wet; wringing-wet clothes.) rennandi blautur -
7 whet
[wet]past tense, past participle - whetted; verb1) (to sharpen (a tool) by rubbing it on a grindstone or whetstone.) brÿna, skerpa2) (to make (one's appetite) keen.) örva, skerpa• -
8 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
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- soaking wet
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9 wring
[riŋ]past tense, past participle - wrung; verb1) (to force (water) from (material) by twisting or by pressure: He wrung the water from his soaking-wet shirt.) vinda, kreista2) (to clasp and unclasp (one's hands) in desperation, fear etc.) núa hendurnar•- wringer- wringing wet -
10 altogether
[o:ltə'ɡeðə]1) (completely: I'm not altogether satisfied.) með öllu, gersamlega2) (on the whole and considering everything: I'm wet, I'm tired and I'm cold. Altogether I'm not feeling very cheerful.) með tilliti til alls -
11 amah
1) (in Eastern Countries, a native female servant.) þjónustustúlka2) (a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse.) barnfóstra -
12 banyan
['bænjən](a tree that grows on wet land, with branches that have hanging roots that grow down and start new trunks.) fíkjutré -
13 blame
[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) kenna um2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) ásaka2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) sök, ábyrgð -
14 bog
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15 bronchitis
(inflammation of the air passages in the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing: Wet weather makes his bronchitis worse.) -
16 browned off
1) (bored: I feel really browned off in this wet weather.)2) (annoyed: I'm browned off with his behaviour.) -
17 cattail
noun (a tall plant that grows in wet places, with flowers shaped like a cat's tail.) dúnhamar -
18 causeway
['ko:zwei](a raised pathway, road etc over wet ground or shallow water.) upphækkaður vegur/stígur -
19 dab
[dæb] 1. past tense, past participle - dabbed; verb(to touch gently with something soft or moist: He dabbed the wound gently with cottonwool.) bera lauslega á2. noun1) (a small lump of anything soft or moist: a dab of butter.) smáklípa, klína2) (a gentle touch: a dab with a wet cloth.) létt snerting -
20 damp
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