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wet

/wɛt/
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noun

  • Liquid or moisture.
  • Rainy weather.

    "Don't go out in the wet."

  • Rainy season. (often capitalized)
  • (UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
  • An alcoholic drink.
  • One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
  • (in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.

verb

  • To cover or impregnate with liquid.
  • To accidentally urinate in or on.

    "Johnny wets the bed several times a week."

  • To make or become wet.
  • (soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
  • To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
  • To kill or seriously injure.

    "Wet 'em up!"

adjective

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

    "Water is wet."

  • 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."

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

  • Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
  • Of weather or a time period: rainy.

    "It’s going to be wet tomorrow."

  • Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.

    "That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday."

  • (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.

    "He got me all wet."

  • Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.

    "Don’t be so wet."

  • (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
  • Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
  • Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
  • 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"

  • Involving assassination or "wet work".

    "a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff"

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