мо́кнуть — meaning in English

English meaning

• dunk verb To dip something briefly into a liquid.
• wet adj Covered in or soaked with liquid, usually water.

Senses

мо́кнуть is used for these senses in English:

• dunk (transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid.
• get wet (literally, ambitransitive) To come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.
• wet (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.

dunk — full definition

1. verb To dip something briefly into a liquid.
2. verb In basketball, to slam the ball down through the hoop while holding the rim.
3. noun The act of dunking, especially a basketball slam dunk.

wet — full definition

1. adj Covered in or soaked with liquid, usually water.
2. adj Describing weather that brings a lot of rain.
3. adj British informal: lacking backbone or firmness of character; feeble.
4. verb To make something wet by applying liquid to it.

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