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bagnare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drench verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
  • sluice noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.
  • wet adj Covered in or soaked with liquid, usually water.

Senses

bagnare is used for these senses in English:

  • drench To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
  • sluice (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice

drench — full definition

  1. verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
  2. noun A dose of medicine given to an animal, often forced down its throat.

sluice — full definition

  1. noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.
  2. verb To wash something thoroughly with a flow of water.

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