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The definition of sodden is something soggy or soaked.

(adjective)

An example of sodden is a cake that hasn't been baked long enough.
An example of sodden is a dripping wet sponge.

Sodden is defined as to make something soaked or soggy.

(verb)

An example of sodden is leaving lawn sprinklers on all night; to sodden the lawn.

See sodden in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Archaic boiled or steeped
filled with moisture; soaked through
heavy or soggy from improper baking or cooking: said as of bread
dull or stupefied, as from liquor

Origin: obs. pp. of seethe

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become sodden

Related Forms:

soddenly adverb

See sodden in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Thoroughly soaked; saturated.
Soggy and heavy from improper cooking; doughy.
Expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink.
Unimaginative; torpid.

verb sod·dened, sod·den·ing, sod·dens

tr. & intr.v.

To make or become sodden.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English soden, boiled

Origin: , past participle of sethen, to boil; see seethe

Related Forms:

sodˈden·ly adverb

sodˈden·ness noun

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