Inflected forms: wet·ter, wet·test 1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water. 2. Not yet dry or firm: wet paint.3. Stored or preserved in liquid. 4. Used or prepared with water or other liquids. 5a. Rainy, humid, or foggy: wet weather.b. Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation: a wet climate.6.Informal Allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet county.7. Characterized by the use or presence of water or liquid reagents: wet chemistry.
NOUN:
1. Something that wets; moisture. 2. Rainy or snowy weather: go out into the wet.3.Informal One who supports the legality of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
VERB:
Inflected forms: wet or wet·ted, wet·ting, wets
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To make wet; dampen: wet a sponge.2. To make (a bed or one's clothes) wet by urinating.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To become wet. 2. To urinate.
IDIOMS:
all wetSlang Entirely mistaken. wet behind the ears Inexperienced; green. wet (one's) whistleInformal To take a drink.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English wt. See wed-1 in Appendix I.
SYNONYMS:
wet, damp, moist, dank, humid These adjectives mean covered with or saturated with liquid. Wet describes not only what is covered or soaked (a wet sponge) but also what is not yet dry (wet paint). Damp and moist both mean slightly wet, but damp often implies an unpleasant clamminess: a cold, damp cellar; a moist breeze.Dank emphasizes disagreeable, often unhealthful wetness: a dank cave.Humid refers to an unpleasantly high degree of moisture in the atmosphere: hot, humid weather.
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