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Wet

/wɛt/

Liquid or moisture.

📖 Definitions of "Wet"

noun
  1. 1

    Liquid or moisture.

  2. 2

    Rainy weather.

    "Don't go out in the wet."

  3. 3

    Rainy season. (often capitalized)

  4. 4

    (UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

verb
  1. 1

    To cover or impregnate with liquid.

  2. 2

    To accidentally urinate in or on.

    "Johnny wets the bed several times a week."

  3. 3

    To make or become wet.

  4. 4

    (soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.

adjective
  1. 1

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

    "Water is wet."

  2. 2

    Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.

    "I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet."

  3. 3

    Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.

  4. 4

    Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.

    "This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper."

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