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Definition of 'wet'English
Adjective
( wetter)
Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
- I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet .
Of weather or a time period, rainy.
- It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
* Milton
- wet October's torrent flood
Made up of liquid or moisture.
- Water is wet .
(informal) Of a person, ineffectual.
- Don't be so wet .
(slang) Of a woman or girl, sexually aroused.
- He got me all wet .
(slang|of a person) Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- That guy's wet ; after all, he just started yesterday.
(of a scientist or laboratory) Working with chemical or biological matter.
(chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.
* 1995 , Richard F. Hamm, Shaping the Eighteenth Amendment
- The wet states would be "the greatest beneficiaries" because the amendment would root out the liquor traffic within their cities.
(fountain pens and calligraphy) 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.
(slang|archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
- (Prior)
Covered in a sauce.
* 2000 , Robert Allen Palmatier, Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms , page 372
- A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito.
* 2005 , Restaurant business , Volume 104, Issues 1-10
- The new item is its first "wet ," or sauce-topped, burrito.
* 2011 , J. Gabriel Gates, Charlene Keel, Dark Territory , page 13
- But I'm getting the wet burrito.” Ignacio looked down at some sort of a tomato sauce–covered tortilla tube.
Synonyms
* (covered with liquid) damp, saturated, soaked
* (of weather or a day) damp, raining, rainy
* (sexually aroused) horny
* (made up of liquid) wetting
* (ineffectual) feeble, hopeless, useless
* (inexperienced) green, wet behind the ears
* (burrito) chimichanga
Antonyms
* (covered with liquid) dry
* (of weather or a day) dry
* (of a scientist or lab) dry
Derived terms
* all wet
* wet bar
* wet behind the ears
( rel-mid3)
* wet blanket
* wetland
* wet-look
( rel-mid3)
* wetware
* wetwork
( rel-bottom)
See also
* moist
Noun
( en-noun)
Liquid or moisture.
* Milton
- Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant.
Rainy weather.
- Don't go out in the wet .
(British|pejorative) A moderate Conservative.
(colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, page 60:
- ‘A pity,’ said Jim, ‘I thought we was going to have a free wet .’
Verb
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
To urinate accidentally in or on.
- Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
To become wet
Derived terms
* wet oneself
* wet one's beak
( rel-mid3)
* wet one's whistle
* wet the baby's head
( rel-mid3)
* wetten
* wetting
( rel-bottom)
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