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ALL meanings of wet

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  • noun wet Covered or saturated with water or another liquid. 1
  • adjective wet moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands. 1
  • adjective wet in a liquid form or state: wet paint. 1
  • adjective wet characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid. 1
  • adjective wet moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous. 1
  • adjective wet allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town. 1
  • adjective wet characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season. 1
  • adjective wet laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor: There was a wet breeze from the west. 1
  • adjective wet Informal. intoxicated. marked by drinking: a wet night. 1
  • adjective wet using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes. 1
  • noun wet Christian Rudolph [kris-chuh n roo-dolf,, -dawlf;; Dutch kris-tee-ahn ry-dolf] /ˈkrɪs tʃən ˈru dɒlf,, -dɔlf;; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈrü dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1854–1922, Boer general and politician. 1
  • verb with object wet to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down): Wet your hands before soaping them. 1
  • verb with object wet to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet. 1
  • verb without object wet to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down): Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through. 1
  • verb without object wet (of animals and children) to urinate. 1
  • idioms wet all wet, Informal. completely mistaken; in error: He insisted that our assumptions were all wet. 1
  • idioms wet wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green: She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities. 1
  • idioms wet wet one's whistle. whistle (def 15). 1
  • idioms wet wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency. 1
  • adjective wet soaked 1
  • adjective wet moist, damp 1
  • transitive verb wet dampen 1
  • adjective wet rainy 1
  • adjective wet freshly painted 1
  • noun wet moisture 1
  • noun wet rainy weather 1
  • transitive verb wet urinate in: bed, nappy, etc. 1
  • adjective wet If something is wet, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid. 0
  • verb wet To wet something means to get water or some other liquid over it. 0
  • adjective wet If the weather is wet, it is raining. 0
  • adjective wet The wet is used to mean wet weather. 0
  • adjective wet If something such as paint, ink, or cement is wet, it is not yet dry or solid. 0
  • graded adjective wet If a child or its nappy or clothing is wet, its nappy or clothing is soaked in urine. 0
  • verb wet If people, especially children, wet their beds or clothes or wet themselves, they urinate in their beds or in their clothes because they cannot stop themselves. 0
  • adjective wet Wet fish is fish that is sold fresh and uncooked, and not frozen or dried. 0
  • graded adjective wet If you say that someone is wet, you mean that they are weak and lacking in enthusiasm, energy, or confidence. 0
  • countable noun wet A wet is a Conservative politician who supports moderate political policies and opposes extreme ones. 0
  • adjective wet moistened, covered, saturated, etc, with water or some other liquid 0
  • adjective wet not yet dry or solid 0
  • adjective wet rainy, foggy, misty, or humid 0
  • adjective wet employing a liquid, usually water 0
  • adjective wet characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages 0
  • adjective wet feeble or foolish 0
  • noun wet wetness or moisture 0
  • noun wet damp or rainy weather 0
  • noun wet a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner 0
  • noun wet a feeble or foolish person 0
  • noun wet a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages 0
  • verb wet to make or become wet 0
  • verb wet to urinate on (something) 0
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