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wet

UK/wet/ US/wɛt/ common informal slang uk us
adjective (5) verb (2) noun (1)

adjective

1.

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

  • “a wet bathing suit”
  • “wet sidewalks”
  • “wet paint”
  • “wet weather”
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2.

supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

  • “a wet candidate running on a wet platform”
  • “a wet county”
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3.

producing or secreting milk

  • “a wet nurse”
  • “a wet cow”
  • “lactating cows”
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4.

consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

  • “a wet cargo”
  • “a wet canteen”
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5.

verb

1.

cause to become wet

  • “Wet your face”
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2.

make one''s bed or clothes wet by urinating

  • “This eight year old boy still wets his bed”

noun

1.

wetness caused by water

  • “drops of wet gleamed on the window”
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Origin

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Phrases

  • adequately wet
  • all wet
  • angry as a wet hen
  • draw a wet sponge across the slate
  • dripping wet
  • feet wet
  • get one's dick wet
  • get one's feet wet
  • wet down
  • wet my lips
  • wet one's beak
  • wet one's pants

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