wettest

Variant of wet

adjective wetter, wettest

  1. moistened, covered, or saturated with water or other liquid
  2. rainy; foggy; misty: a wet day
  3. not yet dry: wet paint
  4. preserved or bottled in a liquid
  5. using water; done with or in water or other liquid: wet sanding
  6. ☆ permitting or favoring the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages; opposing prohibition: a wet candidate, wet town
  7. Brit., Informal weak, ineffectual, insipid, etc.

Origin: ME < OE wæt, akin to ON vatr: for IE base see water

noun

  1. water or other liquid; moisture
  2. rain or rainy weather: come in out of the wet
  3. Informal a person who favors the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages; one opposed to prohibition
  4. Brit., Informal
    1. a person considered weak, ineffectual, insipid, etc.
    2. a Conservative who is moderate or willing to compromise

transitive verb, intransitive verb wet or wetted, wetting

  1. to make or become wet: often with through or down
  2. to make (a bed, oneself, etc.) wet by urination

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