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decant

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of decant

formal to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another

The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of decant

bleed, draft, drain, draw (off), pump, siphon (also syphon), tap

clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void

clean, flush, purge

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of decant

bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet

deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp

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