Dripping
['drɪpɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house).
Checked by Dylan--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drip
(n.) A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
(n.) That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
Typed by Gordon
Examples
- Finding him at last beginning to tire, we drew him into the boat, and brought him home dripping wet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The trees were dripping in the rain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Boulevard was all deserted, its path miry, the water dripping from its trees; the park was black as midnight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Sometimes the path led her to hollows between thickets of tall and dripping bracken, dead, though not yet prostrate, which enclosed her like a pool. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Shivering, dripping, and crying, they got Amy home, and after an exciting time of it, she fell asleep, rolled in blankets before a hot fire. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was very wet and had been dripping on the floor. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They gathered up more and more, till a regular dripping into the well could be heard below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He grasped the book, under the water, and brought it up, dripping. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The last he brought in, cool and dripping, from the river. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I felt something dripping. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The man turned at the instant when I came in, and I saw John Herncastle, with a torch in one hand, and a dagger dripping with blood in the other. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ere long, with the servant's aid, I contrived to mount a staircase; my dripping clothes were removed; soon a warm, dry bed received me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Candles, on the other hand, are safe from explosion; the dripping grease is unpleasant but not dangerous. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The dripping of the rain on it was audible in the dreadful silence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The courtyard was of stone blocks and all the trees were dripping with the rain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Let him take care also that he avoid in the darkness the drippings from the overhanging eaves or windows, and falling upon the slippery steps of the dim doorway he may be about to enter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Nigel