SODDEN DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
sodden adj 1: wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes" [syn: sodden, soppy] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) sodden I. adjective Etymology: Middle English soden, from past participle of sethen to seethe Date: 1589 1. a. dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages <sodden features> b. torpid, sluggish <sodden minds> 2. a. heavy with or as if with moisture or water <the sodden ground> b. heavy or doughy because of imperfect cooking <sodden biscuits> • soddenly adverb • soddenness noun II. verb (soddened; soddening) Date: 1812 transitive verb to make sodden intransitive verb to become soaked or saturated Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary sodden Something that is sodden is extremely wet. We stripped off our sodden clothes... ADJ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. Seethed({Sod}, obs.); p. p. Seethed, Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] [OE. sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.] To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. --2 Kings iv. 38. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sodden \Sod"den\, a. [p. p. of Seethe.] Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sodden \Sod"den\, v. i. To be seethed; to become sodden. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sodden \Sod"den\, v. t. To soak; to make heavy with water. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sod \Sod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Sodding.] To cover with sod; to turf. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms sodden a. 1. Boiled, decocted, stewed, seethed. 2. Soaked, steeped, drenched, thoroughly wet (so as to be soft), saturated. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 107 Moby Thesaurus words for "sodden": addled, awash, bathe, bathed, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, brew, crapulent, crapulous, deluged, dipped, dizzy, douche, drench, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drouk, drowned, drunk, drunken, engulfed, fallen, far-gone, flooded, flush, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy, glorious, happy, imbrue, imbue, immersed, impregnate, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, infiltrate, infuse, inject, intoxicated, inundated, jolly, lave, leach, lixiviate, macerate, macerated, maudlin, mellow, merry, muddled, nappy, not done, oozing, overflowed, percolate, permeate, permeated, rare, reeling, rinse, saignant, saturate, saturated, seeping, seethe, shikker, soak, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky, soggy, sop, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, sotted, souse, soused, steep, steeped, submerged, submersed, swamped, tiddly, tipsy, under the influence, undercooked, underdone, wash, waterlog, waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, wet, whelmed, wringing wet |
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