to rewet

Examples

• All

• He had to rewet the towel after it dried out from the sun.

• Daine rewet her brush and added a further note to her letter: "Can't you use one of those words of power on it?"

  Fiction book (1994)

• To keep the paint workable, you should rewet the palette with some water.

• After the plants dried out, I decided to rewet the soil to revive them.

Synonyms

S

to soak

vsto rewet

196 1.0

Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid

adds water again without necessarily saturating or immersing the item

W

to wet

vsto rewet

27 1.0

To make something wet by covering it with liquid

adds water again specifically after the item had become dry

M

to moisten

vsto rewet

15 3.0

To make something a little wet

adds water again enough to remove dryness rather than only slight dampness

R

to rehydrate

vsto rewet

11 3.9

To add water to something dry to make it moist again

adds water again specifically after the thing had dried out

Antonyms

D

to dry out

55 2.4

To become dry or make something no longer wet

How Wet

to soak

196 1.0

to rewet

1 4.3

to moisten

15 3.0

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Etymology