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Wet Very Common

Wet has 12 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

wetness caused by water

"drops of wet gleamed on the window"

2

Liquid or moisture.

"The wet grass glistened under the morning sun after the rain stopped."

In plain English: A wet is a person who gets easily annoyed or upset by small problems.

"The wet from the rain made the ground muddy."

Verb
1

cause to become wet

"Wet your face"

wet
2

make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

"This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

wet
3

To cover or impregnate with liquid.

"The sudden rainstorm soaked the dry field, turning the dusty soil into mud within minutes."

In plain English: To wet something is to make it soak up water or become damp.

"The heavy rain wet the ground and made the path slippery."

Adjective
1

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

"a wet bathing suit"

"wet sidewalks"

"wet weather"

wet
2

containing moisture or volatile components

"wet paint"

wet
3

supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

"a wet candidate running on a wet platform"

"a wet county"

wet
4

producing or secreting milk

"a wet nurse"

"a wet cow"

"lactating cows"

5

consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

"a wet cargo"

"a wet canteen"

wet
6

very drunk

"He was so wet from too much whiskey that he couldn't even remember his own name."

7

Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.

"The rain had left the pavement wet and slippery after the storm passed."

In plain English: Wet means covered with liquid, like when it is raining or you fall into a puddle.

"The ground is wet after last night's rain."

Usage: Use wet to describe anything currently covered in or soaked by liquid, such as rain-soaked clothes or a damp sponge. Avoid confusing it with the past participle "wound" when referring to injuries; instead, use "wetted" only if you need to emphasize the specific action of becoming moistened rather than the current state.

Example Sentences
"The ground is wet after last night's rain." adj
"The wet from the rain made the ground muddy." noun
"The heavy rain wet the ground and made the path slippery." verb
See Also
rain paint water mist cry slip drink river
Related Terms
rain paint water mist cry slip drink river donk sopping wet plate slushflow moderate bath bomb wettable liquid dubby character biological alcoholic
Antonyms
dry out dry
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wetness change make
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bedew drench moisten water sprinkle squirt douse

Origin

The word "wet" comes from Old English wǣtan, meaning "to wet or moisten." It traveled into Modern English through Middle English, retaining its original sense of making something damp.

Rhyming Words
rewet dewet bewet prewet crewet chewet bedwet bed wet overwet semiwet get wet all wet siscowet neverwet make wet heavy wet become wet getting wet sopping wet will get wet
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