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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: drenched, saturated, sodden, bewatered, damp, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moist, moisty, overwatered, plashy, soaked, soggy, soppy, spewy, spongy, squidgy, thoan, thone, undried, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet, wetter than an otter's pocket, wiery
Antonyms: none provided
contraction
Contraction of the one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from Proto-West Germanic *þain, from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh2- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.
