Dictionary
wet
Pronunciation: (wet), [key]
—adj., wet•ter, wet•test,
—n., v., wet or wet•ted, wet•ting.
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adj.
1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid:
wet hands.
2. in a liquid form or state:
wet paint.
3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
4. moistened or dampened with rain; rainy:
Wet streets make driving hazardous.
5. allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages:
a wet town.
6. characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.:
the wet season.
7. laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, esp. water vapor:
There was a wet breeze from the west.
8. Informal.
a. intoxicated.
b. marked by drinking:
a wet night.
9. using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
10. all wet, Informal.completely mistaken; in error:
He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.
11. wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green:
She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
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n.
1. something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
2. damp weather; rain:
Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
3. a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
4. Informal (disparaging and offensive). a wetback.
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v.t.
1. to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes fol. by
through or
down):
Wet your hands before soaping them.
2. to urinate on or in:
The dog had wet the carpet.
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v.i.
1. to become wet (sometimes fol. by
through or
down):
Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
2. (of animals and children) to urinate.
3. wet out,to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.
4. wet one's whistle. See
whistle (def. 16).
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
