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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOD'DEN, pp. of seethe. Boiled; seethed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

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 Reference Dictionary

adj. & v. --adj. 1 saturated with liquid; soaked through. 2 rendered stupid or dull etc. with drunkenness. 3 (of bread etc.) doughy; heavy and moist. --v.intr. & tr. become or make sodden. Derivatives: soddenly adv. soddenness n. Etymology: archaic past part. of SEETHE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Sodden Sod"den, v. i. To be seethed; to become sodden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sodden Sod"den, v. t. To soak; to make heavy with water.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sod Sod, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sodden; p. pr. & vb. n. Sodding.] To cover with sod; to turf.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is sodden is extremely wet. We stripped off our sodden clothes... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Boiled, decocted, stewed, seethed. 2. Soaked, steeped, drenched, thoroughly wet (so as to be soft), saturated.

Moby Thesaurus

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