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| bedraggled |
dirty, wet, or limp from having wandered or been dragged through mud and water. [1/2 definitions] |
| bog |
an area of soft, wet earth; marsh. [1/2 definitions] |
| cattail |
a tall plant with long, flat leaves that grows in wet places. Cattails have long, brown, fuzzy flower spikes. |
| causeway |
a raised road or path across water or land that is wet. |
| cranberry |
a shrub that bears a sour, red berry, or the berry itself. Cranberries grow in wet ground in North America. |
| dabble |
to wet by splashing or dipping. [1/2 definitions] |
| damp |
slightly wet; not completely dry. [1/2 definitions] |
| dampen |
to make moist or slightly wet. [1/2 definitions] |
| drench |
to soak, or wet completely. |
| dry |
not wet, damp, or moist. [1/8 definitions] |
| footprint |
a mark pressed by a foot onto a surface, such as a step in wet sand or a print left by a muddy shoe. |
| goo |
(informal) a thick, wet, or sticky substance. |
| marsh |
a low, wet area, often thick with tall grasses; bog. |
| moist |
slightly or somewhat wet. |
| moisten |
to make or become slightly wet. |
| moor1 |
an area of land that is open and wet. Heather and other plants that need acid soil grow on moors. |
| moss |
a small, green plant without flowers that grows in soft, thick clumps. Moss grows in mats on rocks, trees, and wet ground. |
| mud |
wet earth that has been turned soft and sticky. |
| nutria |
a small mammal with thick brown fur and a long thin tail. Nutrias are rodents closely related to guinea pigs and porcupines. They build burrows near wet areas such as swamps. Nutrias used to only live in South America, but they have spread to much of the United States and Europe. |
| peat |
soil from a wet area that is made up of decayed plants. Peat can be used as a fuel or fertilizer. |
| pulp |
any soft, wet mass of material. [1/3 definitions] |
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