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wet
[ wet ]
adjective
- moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid:
wet hands.
Antonyms:
- in a liquid form or state:
wet paint.
- characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
- moistened or dampened with rain; rainy:
Wet streets make driving hazardous.
Synonyms:
- allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages:
a wet town.
- characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.:
the wet season.
- laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor:
There was a wet breeze from the west.
Synonyms:
- Informal.
- marked by drinking:
a wet night.
- using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
noun
- something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
Synonyms:
- damp weather; rain:
Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
Synonyms:
- a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. wetback.
verb (used with object)
- to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down ):
Wet your hands before soaping them.
- to urinate on or in:
The dog had wet the carpet.
verb (used without object)
- to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down ):
Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
- (of animals and children) to urinate.
wet
/ ɛ /
adjective
- moistened, covered, saturated, etc, with water or some other liquid
- not yet dry or solid
wet varnish
- rainy, foggy, misty, or humid
wet weather
- employing a liquid, usually water
a wet method of chemical analysis
- characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages
a wet state
- informal.feeble or foolish
- wet behind the ears informal.immature or inexperienced; naive
noun
- wetness or moisture
- damp or rainy weather
- informal.a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner Compare dry
- informal.a feeble or foolish person
- a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages
- the wet(in northern and central Australia) the rainy season
verb
- to make or become wet
- to urinate on (something)
- dialect.tr to prepare (tea) by boiling or infusing
- wet one's whistle informal.to take an alcoholic drink
Derived Forms
- ˌɱٳٲˈٲ, noun
- ˈɱٳپ, adjective
- ˈɱٱ, adverb
- ˈɱٳٲ, adjective
- ˈɱٳٱ, noun
- ˈɱٲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɱl adverb
- ɱn noun
- ɱt noun
- ɱt adjective
- ԴDz·ɱt adjective
- ·ɱ verb rewet or rewetted rewetting
- ܲ·ɱ adjective
- ܲ·ɱted adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wet1
Idioms and Phrases
- all wet, Informal. completely mistaken; in error:
He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.
She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
- wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.
- wet one's whistle. whistle ( def 15 ).
More idioms and phrases containing wet
- all wet
- get one's feet wet
- like (wet as) a drowned rat
- mad as a hornet (wet hen)
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The fires are believed to have been caused by a combination of sparks from the cars and dry grass - Japan's wet season is in the summer.
Without more precipitation in the forecast, parts of Southern California could end the wet season in a deficit.
In a flash, Jérémie picks up a rock and splatters his friend’s blood all over the nearby porcini, stuck out of the wet earth like fungal voyeurs.
Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined — don’t overmix!
The last two wet years have also left California’s reservoirs in good shape.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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