Antonyms for dripping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : drip-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɪp ɪŋ


Definition of dripping

Origin :
  • c.1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe, from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cf. Dutch druipen, German triefen), from PIE root *dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Old English had cognate drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping.
  • verb drop, trickle
Example sentences :
  • It was relieving to hurry across the dripping grass toward the barn.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The dripping of water reached the ear; the smell of dampness the nostrils.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Skim the lard or dripping always before you put in the fish.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • If you baste it with any thing else, or with its own dripping, the skin will not be crisp.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • To baste it with its own dripping will make the skin tough and hard.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Their clothing was torn by bullets and reddened by dripping wounds.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • He put down the glass, found his handkerchief and mopped his dripping face.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • She soon found the dripping rags a burden and cast them from her as she passed the well.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • They found me, and also a half inanimate body, dripping with water.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • Water was dripping everywhere as from umbrellas in a rainstorm.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for dripping

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