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wet

[wet] adjective, wet⋅ter, wet⋅test, noun, verb, wet or wet⋅ted, wet⋅ting.
–adjective
1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
2. in a liquid form or state: wet paint.
3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
4. moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous.
5. allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town.
6. characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season.
7. laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, esp. water vapor: There was a wet breeze from the west.
8. Informal.
a. intoxicated.
b. marked by drinking: a wet night.
9. using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
–noun
10. something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture: The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
11. damp weather; rain: Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
12. a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
13. Informal: Disparaging and Offensive. a wetback.
–verb (used with object)
14. to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes fol. by through or down): Wet your hands before soaping them.
15. to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet.
–verb (used without object)
16. to become wet (sometimes fol. by through or down): Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
17. (of animals and children) to urinate.
18. all wet, Informal. completely mistaken; in error: He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.
19. wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green: She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
20. wet one's whistle. whistle (def. 16).
21. wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME wett, ptp. of weten, OE wǣtan to wet; r. ME weet, OE wǣt, c. OFris wēt, ON vātr; akin to water


wetly, adverb
wetness, noun
wetter, noun
wettish, adjective


1. dampened, drenched. 4. misty, drizzling. 7. humid. 10. wetness, humidity, dampness, dankness. 11. drizzle. 14. Wet, drench, saturate, soak imply moistening something. To wet is to moisten in any manner with water or other liquid: to wet or dampen a cloth. Drench suggests wetting completely as by a downpour: A heavy rain drenched the fields. Saturate implies wetting to the limit of absorption: to saturate a sponge. To soak is to keep in a liquid for a time: to soak beans before baking.


1. dry.
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