Wet Definition

wĕt
wets, wetted, wetter, wettest, wetting
adjective
wetter, wettest
Moistened, covered, or saturated with water or other liquid.
Webster's New World
Not yet dry.
Wet paint.
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Rainy; foggy; misty.
A wet day.
Webster's New World
Preserved or bottled in a liquid.
Webster's New World
Using water; done with or in water or other liquid.
Wet sanding.
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noun
wets
Water or other liquid; moisture.
Webster's New World
Rain or rainy weather.
Come in out of the wet.
Webster's New World
A person who favors the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages; one opposed to prohibition.
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A person considered weak, ineffectual, insipid, etc.
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A Conservative who is moderate or willing to compromise.
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verb
wets, wetted, wetting
To make wet; dampen.
Wet a sponge.
American Heritage
To make (a bed, oneself, etc.) wet by urination.
Webster's New World
To make or become wet.
Webster's New World
To urinate.
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To cover or impregnate with liquid.

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idiom
all wet
  • Entirely mistaken.
American Heritage
wet behind the ears
  • Inexperienced; green.
American Heritage
wet (one's) whistle
  • To take a drink.
American Heritage
all wet
  • wrong; mistaken
Webster's New World
wet behind the ears
  • young and inexperienced; immature
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Wet

Noun

Singular:
wet
Plural:
wets

Adjective

Base Form:
wet
Comparative:
wetter
Superlative:
wettest

Origin of Wet

  • From Middle English wett (“wet, moistened"), past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet"), from Old English wÇ£tan (“to wet, moisten, water"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“tanÄ… (“to water, wet"), from Proto-Indo-European *wed-, *wod- (“wet"), *wódrÌ¥ (“water"). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet"), Icelandic væta (“to wet"). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet"), from Old English wÇ£t (“wet, moist, rainy"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“taz (“wet, moist"), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet"), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet"), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet"), West Frisian wiet (“wet"), Swedish vÃ¥t (“wet"), Norwegian vÃ¥t (“wet"), Danish vÃ¥d (“wet"), Faroese vátur (“wet"), Icelandic votur (“wet"). More at water.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English wǣt wed-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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