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Definition of Wet

1. Noun. Wetness caused by water. "Drops of wet gleamed on the window"

2. Verb. Cause to become wet. "Wet your face"

3. Adjective. Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water. "Wet weather"

4. Verb. Make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating. "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

5. Adjective. Containing moisture or volatile components. "Wet paint"

6. Adjective. Supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages. "A wet county"

7. Adjective. Producing or secreting milk. "Lactating cows"

8. Adjective. Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor. "A wet canteen"

9. Adjective. Very drunk.

Definition of Wet

1. a. 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.

2. n. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

3. v. t. 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.

4. a. 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.

5. n. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

6. v. t. 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.

Definition of Wet

1. Adjective. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid. ¹

2. Adjective. Of weather or a day, rainy. ¹

3. Adjective. Made up of liquid or moisture. ¹

4. Adjective. (informal) Of a person, ineffectual. ¹

5. Adjective. (slang) Of a woman, sexually aroused. ¹

6. Adjective. (slang of a person) Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie. ¹

7. Adjective. (context: of a scientist or his laboratory) Working with chemical or biological matter. ¹

8. Adjective. Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition. ¹

9. Adjective. (context: of a burrito) covered in a sauce ¹

10. Noun. Liquid or moisture. ¹

11. Noun. Rainy weather. ¹

12. Noun. (British pejorative) A moderate Conservative. ¹

13. Noun. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid. ¹

15. Verb. (transitive) To urinate accidentally in or on. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) To become wet ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wet

1. covered or saturated with a liquid [adj WETTER, WETTEST] / to make wet [v WETTED, WETTING, WETS] - See also: wet

Medical Definition of Wet

1. 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. "Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet." (Chaucer) "Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant." (Milton) 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. 3. A dram; a drink. Origin: AS. Waeta. See Wet. 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." 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." 3. 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. 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. Synonym: Nasty, humid, damp, moist. See Nasty. Origin: OE. Wet, weet, AS. Wt; akin to OFries. Wt, Icel. Vatr, Sw. Vat, Dan. Vaad, and E. Water. See Water. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wet

westing westings westland pine westlin westling westlings westlins westness wests westside

westward westwardly westwards westy wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometers wet-behind-the-ears wet-bulb thermometer wet-nurse wet-nurses

wet-weather wet and dry bulb thermometer wet bar wet behind the ears wet behind the ears(p) wet beriberi wet blanket wet blankets

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