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BEDRAGGLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bedraggle mean?
• BEDRAGGLE (verb)
The verb BEDRAGGLE has 1 sense:
1. make wet and dirty, as from rain
Familiarity information: BEDRAGGLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make wet and dirty, as from rain
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bedraggle; draggle
Hypernyms (to "bedraggle" is one way to...):
douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
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