REWETTED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

rewet

verb

Definition of rewet

as in to rinse

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Recent Examples of rewet Governments can then make decisions based on the resulting risk maps, such as prioritising patrols and fire bans in high-risk areas, and blocking drainage canals to rewet peatlands and raise groundwater levels before a fire starts. — Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 Many soils become hydrophobic when overly dry and can be difficult to rewet. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026 Thatch does not rewet easily once dry, and once wet stays wet, providing excellent conditions for disease. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023 Sure the concept of dry shampoo isn't new, but waterless or low-water options can provide the same level of deep clean as a liquid formula — without having to rewet your entire head. — Nykia Spradley, Allure, 19 Aug. 2021

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Squeeze some toothpaste on, scrub around for a couple minutes, rinse and get on with your day.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Leading off the bathroom is a small brick courtyard and an outdoor shower, ideal to rinse off after a dip in your pool, but not private enough to take the place of the indoor one.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of rinse

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Alongside those exfoliators are ingredients like a special prebiotic that’s been clinically shown to boost hydration and reduce sebum, as well as botanical extracts and humectants to soothe and rehydrate.

— Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2026
Start with Hydration Begin your meal by sipping some water to rehydrate.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of rehydrate

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For example, the pond (called Lake Mishkin) was needed to irrigate that orchard.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Almost all water scientists and activists point out that more than half of the river (52%) goes to irrigating agriculture.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of irrigate

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Using sine wave generators and pink lighting so saturated it essentially blots out all other color and shadow, Young and Zazeela created a space that’s somehow both static and full of life.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
By many accounts, Glass is a friendly, obliging collaborator, and his music—fruitfully self-effacing, rarely complex enough to saturate or overwhelm the listener’s attention—behaves the same way.

— Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of saturate

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That includes dunking your head into a bowl of ice water to trigger your mammalian dive reflex.

— Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Later, she’s brought in a police car to a nearby pond, strapped to an excavator and dunked into the water as a crowd of anti-immigrant protestors cheer on the public execution.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of dunk

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But even if his sweaty, sockless feet had been sloshing around in the lace-up shoes, Skarsgård’s metallic gold suit, also by Saint Laurent, served as a shiny distraction.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2026
The Coriolis effect caused by the planet’s rotation then pinned the waves against the western coasts of North and South America, preventing the water from sloshing back out to sea.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

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