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- Dictionarywet/wɛt/
adjective
- 1. covered or saturated with water or another liquid: "she followed, slipping on the wet rock" Similar Opposite
- 2. showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble: informal British "they thought the cadets were a bit wet" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. cover or touch with liquid; moisten: "he wetted a finger and flicked through the pages"
noun
- 1. liquid that makes something damp: "I could feel the wet of his tears" Similar
- 2. a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character: informal British "there are sorts who look like gangsters and sorts who look like wets" Similar
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WET definition: 1. covered in water or another liquid: 2. Wet paint, ink, or a similar substance has not had time…. Learn more.
Wet definition: moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid. See examples of WET used in a sentence.
1. a. : consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (such as water) b. of natural gas : containing appreciable quantities of readily condensable hydrocarbons. 2. : rainy. wet weather. 3. : still moist enough to smudge or smear. wet paint. 4. a. : drunk sense 1a. a wet driver. b.
1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water: a wet towel. 2. Not yet dry or firm: wet paint. 3. a. Stored in or prepared with water or other liquids. b. Characterized by the use or presence of water or liquid reagents: wet chemistry. c. Involving the performance of experiments rather than the design or analysis of them: a wet lab. 4. a.
To wet is to moisten in any manner with water or other liquid: to wet or dampen a cloth. drench suggests wetting completely as by a downpour: A heavy rain drenched the fields. saturate implies wetting to the limit of absorption: to saturate a sponge.
Definitions of wet. noun. wetness caused by water. “drops of wet gleamed on the window” synonyms: moisture. see more. adjective. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water. “a wet bathing suit” “ wet sidewalks” “ wet weather” synonyms: bedewed, dewy. wet with dew. besprent. sprinkled over.
covered with or containing liquid, especially water. wet clothes/hair/grass. You'll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now. Try not to get your shoes wet. His face was wet with tears. We were all soaking wet (= extremely wet). Her hair was still dripping wet. My shirt was wet through (= completely wet).