[wet] 
adjective, wet⋅ter, wet⋅test, noun, verb, wet or wet⋅ted, wet⋅ting.| 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.
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| 9. | using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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