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  • sodden — [[t]sɒ̱d(ə)n[/t]] ADJ Something that is sodden is extremely wet. We stripped off our sodden clothes... His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain. Syn: soaked …   English dictionary

  • Sodden — Sod den, a. [p. p. of {Seethe}.] Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sodden — [säd′ n] adj. [obs. pp. of SEETHE] 1. Archaic boiled or steeped 2. filled with moisture; soaked through 3. heavy or soggy from improper baking or cooking: said as of bread 4. dull or stupefied, as from liquor vt., vi. to make or become sodden… …   English World dictionary

  • Sodden — Sod den, v. t. To soak; to make heavy with water. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sodden — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English soden, from past participle of sethen to seethe Date: 1589 1. a. dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages < sodden features > b. torpid, sluggish < sodden minds > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • -sodden — [[t] sɒd(ə)n[/t]] 1) COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n sodden combines with drink and with the names of alcoholic drinks to form adjectives which describe someone who has drunk too much alcohol and is in a bad state as a result. He portrays a whisky sodden… …   English dictionary

  • sodden — /ˈsɒdn / (say sodn) adjective 1. soaked with liquid or moisture. 2. (of bread, cake, etc.) heavy, doughy, or soggy. 3. intoxicated on a specified beverage: beer sodden; gin sodden. 4. (of the face) a. bloated, as with crying. b. dulled with… …  

  • sodden — adj. & v. adj. 1 saturated with liquid; soaked through. 2 rendered stupid or dull etc. with drunkenness. 3 (of bread etc.) doughy; heavy and moist. v.intr. & tr. become or make sodden. Derivatives: soddenly adv. soddenness n. Etymology: archaic… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sodden — Sod Sod, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sodding}.] To cover with sod; to turf. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sodden — soddenly, adv. soddenness, n. /sod n/, adj. 1. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated. 2. heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked. 3. having a soaked appearance. 4. bloated, as the face. 5. expressionless, dull, or stupid, esp.… …   Universalium

  • sodden —    habitually drunk    Permanently soaked, but with the wrong kind of liquid:     She s lonely, as well she might be, married to the sodden and straying Major. (Atwood, 1996) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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