Synonyms for dripping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : drip-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɪp ɪŋ

Définition 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

Antonyms for dripping

collect
pour

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