wetting Definition

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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