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verb

present participle of drip
as in flowing
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine

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Adjective
  • There are slight differences in their unsaturated and saturated fat content and their sodium and potassium concentrations.
    Isabel Vasquez RD LDN, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Its softer tones serve as a backdrop to a myriad of accent colors and furnishing styles, while more saturated yellows can be played up to make more of a statement—especially with finish treatment (eggshell vs. gloss etc.).
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Although Bailey has not announced the same news, fans’ thoughts about the breakup began pouring in, with some skeptical and others applauding the split.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The sun is pouring in through the floor-to-ceiling windows when the bar begins to fill with bespoke suits on a Tuesday in August at Four Twenty Five.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Prepare for wet weather, but a record-setting daily high temperature.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
  • As anyone who has ever played in the rain can attest, everything about the ball feels differently as the leather gets wet.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.
    C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • To give the vinegar a longer working time, saturate paper towels and press them against the glass like wallpaper.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Rain falls on a flooded road in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S., October 19, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Dripping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dripping. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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