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Meanings of dripping in inglés

portugués
ensopado

The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop.

        ensopado
        ruso
        смалец

        Animal fat.

              смалец

              Extremely wet.

                    A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)

                          Usage of dripping in inglés
                          1
                          Somewhere nearby water was dripping; the air smelled like oil and stone.
                          The passage
                          2
                          With just days now left in it, stress is dripping off everyone.
                          Radio NZ
                          3
                          Water could be seen dripping down between his fingers: he was washing.
                          The street philosopher
                          4
                          Temeraire had just spread out his wings; they were still dripping water.
                          His Majesty’s Dragon
                          5
                          He hesitated a moment, listening to the water dripping in the background.
                          Dogs of war
                          6
                          In a second there was no sound but water dripping, distant laughter.
                          The Hyperion Cantos
                          7
                          Put in the dripping pan three bottles or more of red wine.
                          Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures
                          8
                          Skim the lard or dripping always before you put in the fish.
                          Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
                          9
                          I awoke to dim red light and the sound of water dripping.
                          The Hyperion Cantos
                          10
                          Through the close tracery of the branches the dripping trees dropped water.
                          Jean-Christophe Journey's End
                          11
                          Another droplet of water hangs suspended a millimeter beneath Raul's dripping chin.
                          The Hyperion Cantos
                          12
                          I came in from my run just this second, and I'm dripping.
                          The hellfire club
                          13
                          I won't have her dripping down that good dress I paid for.
                          The Oracle Glass
                          14
                          She felt the water dripping down her neck and in her boots.
                          The Captives
                          15
                          Season with sage, thyme, salt and pepper; then put in a dripping-pan.
                          365 Foreign Dishes / A Foreign Dish for Every Day in the Year
                          16
                          Branches and leaves were dripping, and the drive was muddy in patches.
                          O+F
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                          Translations for dripping
                          portugués
                          ensopado
                          Dripping through the time
                          Dripping across language varieties
                          Canada
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Less common
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