REWETTING Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

rewetting

verb

present participle of rewet

as in rehydrating

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Employee was observed rinsing vegetables in the hand wash sink.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Soap Wasn’t Fully Rinsed Residue left from not fully rinsing away soap during cleaning can become sticky and attract food particles.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of rinsing

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Mahomes was far from his best either, nearly losing a fumble in the third quarter, and mostly dinking and dunking his way down the field.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
That includes dunking your head into a bowl of ice water to trigger your mammalian dive reflex.

— Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of dunking

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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
The Colorado River is a lifeline for the Southwest, providing water to around 40 million people and irrigating more than 5 million acres of farmland.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of irrigating

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Hazardous floods could occur if back-to-back storms dump heavy rains over several days, saturating the soil in the mountains and filling reservoirs.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, labels both affordable and luxury are coming out with new takes on this trend like clockwork, saturating the market with colorful jackets for every personal aesthetic and practical need under the sun (or, more accurately, the rain).

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of saturating

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The liquid sloshing around in those tanks represented the radioactive byproducts of the Cold War.

— Lizz Giordano, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of sloshing

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Its most recent seasons took a decidedly anti-Trump turn, featuring a caricature of the president impregnating Satan.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
But Niall arguably commits the deepest betrayal by sleeping with Ruben’s fiancée, Mona (Amy Manson), impregnating her, and keeping that information from Ruben for years.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

Definition of impregnating

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Also suffering declines in attendance were Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags’ Magic Mountain, each dipping about 4%.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
But those of us who are just dipping our toes into the trend should stick to one motif and keep the rest neutral.

— Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of dipping

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