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English

Etymology

Old English wæt|wǣt

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /wɛt/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-wet.ogg


Homophones


Adjective

  1. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
  2. : I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
  3. Of weather or a day, rainy.
  4. : It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
  5. Made up of liquid or moisture.
  6. : Water is wet.
  7. Of a person, ineffectual.
  8. : Don't be so wet.
  9. Of a woman, sexually aroused.
  10. : He got me all wet.


Synonyms


Antonyms


Derived terms

Translations

  • Irish: {{t-|ga|fliuch|xs=Irish}}
  • Norwegian: ,
  • Romanian:
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|fliuch|xs=Irish}}
  • Norwegian: ,
  • Old English: {{t-|ang|wæt|alt=wǣt|xs=Old English}}
  • Romanian:
  • Swedish: våt, vätande
  • Telugu: తడి (taDi)
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:

Noun

  1. liquid|Liquid or moisture.
  2. rainy|Rainy weather.
  3. : Don't go out in the wet.
  4. In the Context of A moderate Conservative.


Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|wets|wetting|wet or wetted}}

  1. To cover or impregnate with liquid.
  2. To urinate accidentally in or on.
  3. : Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
  4. To become wet


Derived terms


Translations

  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • German: nässen, nass machen
  • Hebrew:
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|濡らす|tr=nurasu|sc=Jpan}}


Category:1000 English basic words Category:English homophones Category:English verbs which are their own past participle

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-wet.ogg
  • IPA: /ʋɛt/


Noun

{{nl-noun|g2=m|g=f|wetten|wetje}}

  1. law (rule)
  2. law (body of rules declared and/or enforced by a government)
  3. law


Derived terms


See also


Category:Liquids

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See Wet, a.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable
degree.
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Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.
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Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet
From drooping plant. --Milton.
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2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
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3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.]
[OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
Water.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
"Wet cheeks." --Shak.
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2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet
October's torrent flood." --Milton.
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3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
fusion is employed.
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4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock,
etc.

Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. &
vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
wet the hands; to wet cloth. "[The scene] did draw tears from
me and wetted my paper." --Burke.
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Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
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To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
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WordNet wet
adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet
bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet
weather" [ant: dry]
2: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of
alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet
platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry]
3: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow";
"lactating cows" [syn: lactating] [ant: dry]
4: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo";
"a wet canteen"
5: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked,
cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated,
plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked,
soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley,
tight, tipsy]
n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
window" [syn: moisture]
v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: dry]
2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year
old boy still wets his bed"
[also: wetting, wetted, wettest, wetter]
Moby Dictionary
Scotch mist , apish , asinine , asperge , batty , bedew , befooled ,
beguiled , besotted , bespatter , besprinkle , blood rain , bogginess ,
boggy , boozy , brainless , buffoonish , canned , cat-and-dog weather ,
cockeyed , crazy , credulous , dabble , daffy , daft , damp , dampen ,
dampish , dampness , dank , dash , dazed , deluge , dew , dewiness , dewy ,
dirty weather , disguised , dizzy , doting , douche , douse , draft ,
dram , drench , drenched , drink , dripping , drizzle , drop , drown ,
drunk , dumb , evening mist , exudation , fall , fatuitous , fatuous ,
fenny , fill , flaky , flurry , fogginess , fond , fool , foolheaded ,
foolish , fuddled , futile , gaga , gargle , goofy , gout of rain ,
gulled , guzzle , hose , hose down , humect , humectate , humectation ,
humid , humidify , humor , idiotic , imbecile , impregnate , inane ,
inebriated , inept , infatuated , insane , irrigate , jigger , jolt ,
kooky , lave , libation , loony , mad , make water , marshiness , marshy ,
maudlin , mist , mistiness , misty rain , mizzle , moist , moisten ,
moistiness , moistness , moisture , monsoon , moronic , muggy , nip ,
number one , nutty , paddle , patter , pee , pee-pee , peg , piddle , piss ,
pitter-patter , pixilated , plastered , potation , potion ,
precipitation , predominance of Aquarius , pull , pump bilge , rain ,
raindrop , rainfall , raininess , rains , rainwater , rainy , rainy day ,
rainy season , rainy weather , rinse , roric , roriferous , round ,
round of drinks , sappy , saturate , saturated , screwy , senseless ,
sentimental , sheet of rain , shot , shower , showeriness , silly , sip ,
slobber , slop , slosh , slug , snifter , snort , soak , soaked , soaking ,
sodden , soddenness , sogginess , soggy , sop , soppiness , sopping ,
soppy , souse , soused , sparge , spatter , spell of rain ,
spend a penny , splash , splatter , sponge , spot , spray , spring rains ,
sprinkle , stale , sticky , stormy weather , stupid , suck , sup ,
swampiness , swampy , swash , swig , swill , syringe , tacky ,
thoughtless , tot , undried , unfrozen hydrometeor , urinate , wacky ,
wash , water , wateriness , wee-wee , wet down , wet season ,
wet weather , wetness , wettish , wettishness , witless


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