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to sog

to sog

7.7
To make something very wet by putting liquid on it
  • verb
  • /sɔg/
translation icon : empapar
  • She accidentally sogged her notes by spilling her drink on them.

Examples

  • Don't sog the bread with too much water!

  • The heavy sauce sogged the bread, making it impossible to eat.

  • After the rainstorm, water sogged the ground and made it muddy.

  • The rain will sog the ground.

  • The heavy sauce sogged the bread, making it impossible to eat.

  • She accidentally sogged her notes by spilling her drink on them.

  • After the rainstorm, water sogged the ground and made it muddy.

Synonyms

to soak
vsto sog
141 1.0

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

makes items heavier and more saturated rather than only wet
to drench
vsto sog
34 3.0

Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid

stresses leaving items heavy and soaked rather than merely covered
to wet
vsto sog
26 1.0

To make something wet by covering it with liquid

creates heavier saturation that makes items limp rather than only damp
1 2.8

Put something in water and leave it all night to make it soft

is a quicker act that makes things heavy and very wet immediately
to sop
vsto sog
  • Archaic
1 8.3

To make something take in liquid until it is very wet

produces heavy, limp wetness rather than only light moisture
to souse
vsto sog
1 8.8

To soak something completely in liquid

focuses more on creating a heavy, saturating wetness afterward
to presoak
vsto sog
1 2.9

To soak something in water before washing or cooking

is the more forceful action that soaks items until they are heavy
to dowse
vsto sog
7.8

To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet

is about lasting saturation and heaviness rather than brief wetting
to waterlog
vsto sog
3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

emphasizes heavy, soft result rather than just being full of water

Antonyms

570 1.0

To become free of water or wetness

How Wet

to saturate
55 5.2
to sog
7.7
to wet
26 1.0
to moisten
7 3.0

Surface Forms

sog infinitive
sogged past
sogged past participle
sogging present participle
sogs third person singular

Etymology

The verb sog can also mean to make something very wet, as when a heavy sauce sogs bread; think of the familiar word soak to remember it. So, to sog something is to soak it until it is heavy and wet.