drenched/soaked /drent/t, saokt/ [ady'j if you are drenched or soaked, you are
extremely wet. so that drops of water are falling from your clothes: By the time we got home, we were oil drenched I I'm soaked! Ill have to go and change. soaked to the skin (=completely soaked) / шаз exhausted, and soaked to the skin.
damp /daemp/ [adj] something that is damp is slightly wet: Clean the counter with a damp cloth, i There was a damp spot on the ceiling. I My hair was still damp.
Use damp especially to say that something is wet in an unpleasant way: a dark, damp cellar
soak /S3ok/ [и T] to leave something in
water for a long time in order to make it clean, soft etc: Soak the lentils overnight before cooking them. soak sth in sth Soak a piece of cotton in water and use it to clean the wound.
WIDE/NARROW
^ see also fat, thin, thick
D a long distance from one side to the other
moist /moist/ |ad;] something that is moist is slightly wet, and this is the way it should be: The cake mixture should be slightly moist, but not sticky. I Water the plants regularly to keep the soil moist.
soggy /SDgi||'sa:gi/ [adj] something that is soggy is softer than usual and looks or feels unpleasant, because it has become wet: horrible soggy toast I He always leaves the towels in a soggy heap on the bathroom floor.
when the air feels wet
humid 'hju:mi>d/ [adj) humid air or weather is hot and wet in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable: the humid heat of a tropical rainforest I Summers in Tokyo are hot and humid.
damp /dsemp/ [adj] damp air or weather is slightly wet in an unpleasant way, and makes you feel cold: It was a cold, damp, windy night. I At first I hated the damp weather in Britain.
to make something or someone wet
Qget sth wet /.get (sth) 'wet/ especially spoken to make something wet, especially by not being careful enough to keep it dry: Try not to get your feet wet. I How did you manage to get the floor so wet?
wet /wet/ [и T) to deliberately put water or other liquid on something: Wet the toothbrush before you put the toothpaste on. 1 The hairdresser kept wetting my hair so that it was easier to cut. wetting - wet {also wetted British) - have
wet (also have wetted British)
wide
a wide river
wide /waid/ [adj] if a road, river, door etc is wide, there is a targe distance between one side of it and the other: The door шоу isn't wide enough to get the piano through. I a wide straight road I a wide leather belt
how wide? How wide is the driveway?
2 miles wide/1 metre wide (=2 miles, 1
metre etc from one side to the other) At
this point the river is over a mile wide, i
Cut a strip of paper 3 cm wide. wide - wider - widest
broad /brad/ [adj] wide - use this especially in written descriptions, to describe roads, paths, rivers, or parts of someone's body: a broad, tree-lined avenue I He was six feet tall with broad shoulders and strong arms.
/widG/ [n C/U] the distance from one side of something to the other: Calculate the width of the curtain then add six inches. I a pattern of coloured lines of different widths
not wide
see also thin
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narrow
a narrow stream
narrow паегэо/ [ad;] if something is narrow, there is only a small distance between one side of it and the other: a long narrow bathroom I He led me through the narrow streets of the old city.
Д. Use come second, be third etc about the teams or players that are the next best, alter the winner.
beat/defeat 'bin, di'fiit/ [и T] if you beat
or defeat another team or player, you win a game, race etc agairtst them: Brazil beat Italy in the final. I Since he was defeated by Tyson, Bruno has announced his retirement.
beat sb 3-1/by 50 points etc Short beat
Redgrave by nearly 200 votes. I The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 6-3.
beating - beat - have beaten
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opposite lose
Defeat is more formal than beat, and is used especially in written English.
/irst place /,f3irst pleis/ [n singular] the position of the person or team that wins a race or competition
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see also
succeed
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in jirst place Here is the result of the men's 200 metres race: in first place, Michael Johnson, in second place ... win first place Our team won first place.
competition
to win a race/game/ competition/election
win /win/ [v I/T] to win a race, competition, election etc, for example by getting more points, votes etc than everyone else or by being the first to finish: They don't have much chance of winning. win a race/game/election etc Chang won the first set but lost the next two. I The competition was won by a Nigerian. win a prize/medal etc His book won the Pulitzer Prize for literature. I She won almost $1 million in the lottery. win by 6 votes/2 goals etc (=by getting 6 votes etc more than the other person or team) Bristow won by 50 points. win 4-2/20-12 etc (use this to show the final result of a game) In the European Cup, Barcelona won 3-1. winning - won - have won
come ^first/be /irst /,клт fVst, bi:
f3irst/ to win a race or competition in which more than two people or teams are competing: A local team came first, and we were third.
+ in An Austrian runner was first in the
earn
marathon.
Use second place, third place etc about the teams or players that are the next best, after the winner: Gunneli was disappointed to finish in third place.