wriath.html - adj.
Wet through and through; soaked; dripping. * /He was wringing wet because he was caught in the rain without an umbrella./ * /He was wringing wet after working in the fields in the hot sun./

wriath.html - {v. phr.} To become especially enthusiastic or excited about; boast about. - Often used after "to". * /Mary's trip to the World's Fair was something to write home about./ * /Joe did a good enough job of painting but it was nothing to write home about./ * /"That was a dinner worth writing home about!" said Bill coming out of the restaurant./

wriath.html - {v. phr.} 1. To remove (an amount) from a business record; cancel (a debt); accept as a loss. * /If a customer dies when he owes the store money, the store must often write it off./ Compare: CHARGE OFF. 2. To accept (a loss or trouble) and not worry anymore about it; forget. * /Mr. Brown had so much trouble with the new TV set that he finally wrote it off and bought a new one./ * /Jim's mistake cost him time and money, but he wrote it off to experience./ Compare: CHARGE OFF(2). Contrast: CHALK UP(2). To say that (something) will fail or not be good; believe worthless. * /Just because the boys on the team are young, don't write the team off./ Compare: COUNT OUT.

wriath.html - {v.} 1. To write the story of; describe in writing; give a full account of. * /Reporters from many newspapers are here to write up the game./ * /The magazine is writing up the life of the President./ 2. To put something thought or talked about into writing; finish writing (something). * /John took notes of what the teacher said in class and he wrote them up when he got home./ * /The author had an idea for a story when he saw the old house, and he wrote it up later./

wriath.html - {n.} A loss. * /This last unfortunate business venture of ours is an obvious write-off./

wriath.html - {n.} A report or story in a newspaper or magazine. * /There was a write-up of the accident in the newspaper./ * /I read an interesting write-up about the President in a new magazine./