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wetted Definition


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wet
adj wetter, wettest
    1. Covered or soaked in water, rain, perspiration, or other liquid.
      Thesaurus: waterlogged, sodden, soppy, clammy, moist, watery, dripping, soggy, saturated, drenched, soaking; Antonym: dry.
    2. Said of the weather: rainy.
    3. Said of paint, cement or varnish, etc: not yet dried.
    4. Covered with tears.
    5. Said of a baby: having a urine-soaked nappy.
    6. derog slang
      Said of a person: feeble; ineffectual.
    (Brit)
    7. derog
      In politics: moderately Conservative, especially as judged by more right-wing Conservatives.
    (N Amer)
    8. historical
      Allowing the sale of alcoholic drink.
    9. chem.
      Said of processes and methods, etc: using liquid.
    10. Said of natural gases: containing large amounts of liquid constituents.
noun
    1. Moisture.
    2. Rainy weather; rain
      Example: Don't stay outside in the wet!
    3. derog slang
      A feeble ineffectual person.
    4. colloq
      In politics: a moderate Conservative.
    5. colloq
      An alcoholic drink; a dram.
verb wet, wetted, wetting
    1. To make someone or something wet; to splash or soak them or it.
      Thesaurus: moisten, water, soak, drench, douse, saturate, dampen, souse, irrigate; Antonym: dry.
    2. To urinate involuntarily on something.
Derivative: wetly
adverb
    Derivative: wetness
    noun
      The fact or quality of being wet
        Thesaurus: dampness, moisture, liquid, water, condensation, soddenness, sogginess; Antonym: dryness.
    Idiom: wet behind the ears
      colloq
      Immature or inexperienced.
        Thesaurus: inexperienced, naive, untrained, new, callow, immature, innocent, green; Antonym: experienced.
    Idiom: wet oneself
      To make oneself wet by urinating inadvertently.
      To be so excited or frightened, etc as to be on the point of urinating inadvertently.
    Idiom: wet one's whistle
      colloq
      To take an alcoholic drink.
    Idiom: wet the baby's head
      colloq
      To celebrate the baby's birth with drinks, usually alcoholic ones.
    Idiom: wet through
      Completely wet.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wæt.

    Info:
      There is often a spelling confusion between wet and whet.




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