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wet en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /wet/ (Australia)
  • [we̝t] ~ [wɪt] (New-Zealand)
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  • (UK) audio
  • /wet/ (New-Zealand)
  • [wet] ~ [we̞t] (Australia)
  • /wɛt/ (Canada, General-American, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Meanings

  1. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
    • Water is wet.
  2. Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
    • Parents and small children can stay cool and soaking wet at interactive water playgrounds. 2013 July 31, Thom Patterson, “How to get soaking wet this summer”, in CNN:
    • The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed.
    • I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
  3. Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
    • The new item is its first "wet," or sauce-topped, burrito. 2005, Restaurant business, Volume 104, Issues 1-10
    • A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito. 2000, Robert Allen Palmatier, Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms, page 372
    • But I'm getting the wet burrito.” Ignacio looked down at some sort of a tomato sauce–covered tortilla tube. 2011, J. Gabriel Gates, Charlene Keel, Dark Territory, page 13
  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.
  5. Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
  6. Of weather or a time period: rainy.
    • 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 32, Summer drouth, or singed aire Never scorch thy tresses faire, Nor wet Octobers torrent flood Thy molten crystall fill with mudde,
    • “Everybody is interested in extremes – the hottest, the wettest, the windiest – so creating a database of professionally verified records is useful in that fact alone,” says Randall Cerveny from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 2017 June 15, Hiufu Wong, “11 extreme weather records”, in CNN:
    • While the study doesn’t directly shed light on why, it suggested that maintaining a similar degree of mobility as the climate changed to the warmer and wetter pattern we have today could have imparted additional stress as the mammoth encountered unfamiliar environments or restricted its movement. 2021 August 12, Katie Hunt, “Mammoths were the original ‘ice road truckers,’ traveling vast distances across the Arctic”, in CNN:
    • It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
    • February 2020 was officially the wettest February on record for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the second wettest (behind 1990) for Scotland. 2020 May 20, Paul Stephen, “NR beats floods to secure tracks to Drax”, in Rail, page 58:
  7. Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
    • This fighter jet's engine is rated for a maximum wet thrust of 450 kilonewtons, more than twice its max dry thrust, but the afterburner eats up a huge amount of fuel.
  8. (slang) 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.
  9. (of a female, slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
    • I'm gonna get you wet. I'm gonna get you very wet. I know how to do this. 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
    • He got me all wet.
  10. (UK, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
    • I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stopped this general fight of self-recrimination and wetness. 2020, Boris Johnson quoted in "Proms row: Johnson calls for end to 'cringing embarrassment' over UK history," by Jim Waterson, The Guardian, Aug. 25, 2020
    • "Wet! What currency that bit of slang has—and what awful power. It took me a long time to find out what the word meant, but after long research I think that I know. A man is wet if he isn't a 'regular guy'; he is wet if he isn't 'smooth'; he is wet if he has intellectual interests and lets the mob discover them; and, strangely enough, he is wet by the same token if he is utterly stupid. He is wet if he doesn't show at least a tendency to dissipate, but he isn't wet if he dissipates to excess. A man will be branded as wet for any of these reasons, and once he is so branded, he might as well leave college … " 1924, Percy Marks, chapter XVII, in The Plastic Age:
    • Don’t be so wet.
  11. (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
    • The wet states would be "the greatest beneficiaries" because the amendment would root out the liquor traffic within their cities. 1995, Richard F. Hamm, Shaping the Eighteenth Amendment:
  12. (archaic, slang) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
    • c. 1694, Matthew Prior, “Celia to Damon” […] When my lost Lover the tall Ship ascends, / With Musick gay, and wet with Iovial Friends […]
  13. Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
  14. 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
  15. (euphemistic, slang) Involving assassination or "wet work".
    • a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff
  16. (slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
  17. (colloquial, dated, obsolete) Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
    • 1811. John Adams, Letter to the Boston Patriot, §25. Reprinted in 1856. Charles Francis Adams (ed.), The Life of John Adams, Second President of The United States. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 661. The Catholics thought him almost a Catholic. The Church of England claimed him as one of them. The Presbyterians thought him half a Presbyterian, and the Friends believed him a wet Quaker. The dissenting clergymen in England and America were among the most distinguished asserters and propagators of his renown. Indeed, all sects considered him, and I believe justly, a friend to unlimited toleration in matters of religion.
  18. With a usual complement or consummation; potent.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wettest Degree=Sup lexicographic
wetter Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

sunny · dry · dry · dry · dry

Deriveds

wet bulb · wet nurse · wet heater · get one's dick wet · wet lab · pass a wet sponge over the slate · wet signature · wet arm system · wet pail · wet pailing · wet break · wet pack · get wet · wet and messy · wet moon · wetland · wet play · draw a wet sponge across the slate · hanging wet bag · wet the shamrock · wet fart · wet one's clay · wet willy · wet goods · wet sand · wet market · wet-leasing · wet t-shirt contest · wet dream · wet-weather · wet bar · wet haze · soaking wet · wet-blanketry · wringing wet · miserable as a wet hen · wild as a wet hen · wet-on-wet · wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer · wet job · bed-wet · wet fish · wet sanding · dripping wet · wet bob · wet chemistry · wet-rot · wetsuit · the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet · wet-noodle · wet meter · wet weed · wet shaving · wet cell · wet-weather tire · wet wipe · wet stacking · wet dock · wet beriberi · wetter than an otter's pocket · wet bargain · with a wet finger · wet check · wet sump · wet-sanding · wet and warm · wet cough · wet-sand · ride someone hard and put them away wet · heavy wet · ridden hard and put away wet · wet room · wet mount · wet noodle · wet reckless · wet rag · wet season · mad as a wet hen · water is wet · rode hard and put up wet · wet firecracker · wet mop · wet blanket · wet nelly · wetware · wet chemical · ride hard and put away wet · wet plate · all wet · wet brain · way out of a wet paper bag · wet behind the ears · wet bulb temperature · wet dog shakes · get one's feet wet · wet well · adequately wet · wet boy · wet-un · pea wet · wet intermezzo · wet edge time · sopping wet · wet lung syndrome · wet mass · wet porch · wetlook · wet-blanket · wet bulbing · wet dress rehearsal · wet the bed · wetwork · wet-bulb · wet through · angry as a wet hen · wet rot · wet fly · like a wet weekend · wet t-shirt competition · wet meadow · wet palette · wet lease · wet-bulb temperature · feet wet · wet cupping · wet tech · wet and messy fetishism · wet Nelly · wet bag · wet-weather tyre · wet gas · wet riser · throw a wet blanket on · wet-lab · wet end · wet food

Descendants

wet

Hyponyms

juicy · doty · bedewed · marshy · dank · muggy

Relateds

liquid · moist

Synonyms

stoned · green · drunk · useless · damp · ripe · cup-shotten · parlatic · whittled · arseholed · souped-up · skunked · blind drunk · mortal · sauced · sewed up · lash · temulentive · soppy · tired and emotional · wetter than an otter's pocket · elephant's trunk · larruped · muggy · horny · clobbered · rubbered · nappy · wazzed · mashed · potted · crocked · bevvied · looped · wetting · aroused · plastered · hazed · stoated · blewed · out of one's head · lubricated · overtaken · lashed · twatfaced · waterlogged · langers · hopeless · fershnickered · budgy · besotted · hog-whimpering · maudlin · besotten · fuckfaced · medicated · pickled · MWI · lamped · bingoed · lit · hot to trot · langered · in one's altitudes · befuddled · fried · tight · wet behind the ears · three sheets to the wind · juiced up · muzzy · snozzled · sozzled · watery · bungfu · spannered · sodden · spiffed · schnockered · inter pocula · screwed · venereal · sotted · inebriated · cunted · soaked · watered · lustful · soshed · corned · lathered · madid · strut · bungalowed · Mozart and Liszt · plowed · slizzard · sloshed · soggy · gassed · blottoed · inebrious · lusty · zorched · moisty · spongy · cut · shickered · puggled · rolling · liquored up · scammered · adrip · primed · lascivious · moist · ossified · well-oiled · pixilated · drunk as a piper · fluted · stinking · fap · flush · three sheets in the wind · kisky · potshot · lewd · sodden · blue · corny · throwed · fresh · canned · kaylied · hooched up · stimulated · Brahms and Liszt · elevated · fuckered up · cup-shot · lubed · blasted · inebriated · raddled · glorious · four sheets in the wind · mabok · sprung · impaired · sozzly · woozy · aled up · slarmied · tilted · moist · temulent · gesuip · blootered · in the drink · ebriated · fou · zotzed · ruttish · excited · libidinous · hammered · impure · soused · spewy · ploughed · stinko · disguised · maggoted · frosted · squiffed · out of sight · off one's box · high as a kite · worse for wear · a sheet in the wind's eye · schloshed · destroyed · soaken · randy · saturated · buckish · ebriose · gee-eyed · stonkered · snookered · fuzzy-headed · Oliver · wet · ginned · desirous · loose · floored · toasted · half cut · loopy · tanked up · mortalled · obfuscated · turned on · cockeyed · top-heavy · toey as a Roman sandal · tipsy · cocked · sottish · tippled · drippy · prurient · maggot · in one's cups · irriguous · toey · groggified · zonked · overcome · sauced up · bosky · hooted · elephant's · Brahms · raining · wiery · Oliver Twist · half polluted · wazzocked · wobbly · binned · wet · amorous · blind · trashed · wellied · snuffy · flustered · zoned · boozy · out of one's box · ripped · bombed · off one's tits · thirsty · half seas over · bladdered · in heat · damp · thoan · insobrietous · hoovered · monged · twisted · have drink taken · legless · soused · in liquor · burlin' · drunk · on the ran tan · a sheet in the wind · faced · shitty · zooted · hot · quisby · hot and bothered · spongy · nimptopsical · munted · thone · fuddled · sloppy drunk · obliviated · how came you so · plashy · pounded · groggy · full · worse for liquor · overwatered · crapulous · toping · shicker · bottled · ablaze · DTF · hosed · off one's head · slammed · flooey · mad with it · bewatered · messed up · frisky · drunked up · saturated · lubed up · smashed · inebriate · razzled · polluted · flustered · horny · in the bag · loaded · high · wanton · splashed · lushed · gattered · humid · bedrunken · fuzzy-minded · scuttered · out of one's face · overrefreshed · squidgy · dripping · gished · newted · soaked · drip · top-heavy with drink · high as a Georgia pine · drenched · ravenous · blocked · all mops and brooms · tight as a tick · feeling no pain · shedded · paralytic · steamboats · concupiscent · pie-eyed · oiled up · tuned · jaked · damp · swacked · tanked · honkers · insober · gagging for it · juiced · venereous · flushed · muddled · sexed up · bibulous · have the sun in one's eyes · out of it · fuckish · rutty · bibacious · oiled · spanceled · dead drunk · undried · feeble · blitzed · shellacked · stewed · drunken · ratfaced · mullered · withered · liquory · fluthered · jarred · snockered · rainy · wastey · Adrian Quist · unchaste · stotious · bollocksed · lickerish · half lit · wrecked · kettled · beliquored

Translations (315)

sh влажан (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · gld чакпа (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · no vått (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · mn чийг (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · got 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍃 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pt molhada ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · af nat (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · gu ભીનું (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · bho गील (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fr mouillé ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · rap lali (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · es mojada ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · cbk mojao (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · scn moḍḍu (made of liquid or moisture) · ca humit (made of liquid or moisture) · scn vagnata ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · th เปียก (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ps لوند (made of liquid or moisture) · he רטוב (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · kea modjadu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ps لوند (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · bg вла́жен (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · wa frexh (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · non vátr (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · gun akỹ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ur گیلا (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sc infustu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka ავდრიანი (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · sq lagur (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · hsb mokry (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · be вільго́тны (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kum дым (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sk vlhký (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · hu nedves (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sk mokrý (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ltg slapnis (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · tr nemli (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ga fliuch (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mk мокар (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · myv начко (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sq qullur (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · la umidus (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sl deževen (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · dsb mokšy (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ceb basa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · id basah (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · he רטובה (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · az nəm (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ko 젖은 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · hi गीला (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · et märg (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · lv slapjš (made of liquid or moisture) · km សើម (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · lt šlapias (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cdm न्यात्सा (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nl vochtig (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · tsg basa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mk влажен (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · uk дощовитий (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · pt molhado (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · el βροχερός (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · tl basa (made of liquid or moisture) · kmr baranî (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · oge სუელი (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · it bagnata ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · scn assappanatu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · izh vesikäs (made of liquid or moisture) · ky суу (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · bg мо́кър (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ang wǣt (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nl nat (made of liquid or moisture) · lv drēgns (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · fi märkä (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · tl basa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · gl mollado (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nl nat ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · ota صولاق (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ru дождли́вый (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · ro ploios (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · he רטוב (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · la ūvidus (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · de feucht (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cs vlhký (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · no fuktig (made of liquid or moisture) · ba еүеш (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nv hoditłééʼ (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · te తడి (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · la udus (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · et märg (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kmr şil ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · ro umed (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · alt су (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kum сув (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · el υγρός (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sh мокар (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · uz hoʻl (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · lo ປຽກ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · az sulu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cmn 濕 /溼 /湿 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nrf mouoilli (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ltg volgons (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ta ஈரமான (made of liquid or moisture) · ka ნოტიო (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · csb mòkri (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · dlm duot (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · th ชุ่มชื้น (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ilo nabasa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · qu juq'u (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ota اصلاق (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mdf начка (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fi märkä ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · kum бавукъ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · th ฉ่ำ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · got 𐌵𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · tr ıslak (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · dlm joit (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · da våd (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · is blautur (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · es húmedo (made of liquid or moisture) · scn ùmitu (made of liquid or moisture) · fi nössö ((slang) of a person: ineffectual) · sv blöt (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kmr şil (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · es mojado (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mak a'masa' (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · izh märkä (made of liquid or moisture) · ba дымлы (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fi märkä (made of liquid or moisture) · alt чыкту (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sdc infùsu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · lv slapjš (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nan-hbl(of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ast moyáu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kix thēpthēp (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · oc mòlh (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sne bisa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ga fliuch (made of liquid or moisture) · yi נאַס (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kk су (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · de nass (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · de nass (made of liquid or moisture) · et märg (made of liquid or moisture) · sc infustu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sa आर्द्र (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fr mouillé (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pl wilgotny (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nl nat (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · nl nat (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cjm ꨟꨀꨳꨩ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mi pōteretere (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · so qoyan (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ia humide (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ang wǣt (made of liquid or moisture) · ar مُبَلَّل (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · el υγρός (made of liquid or moisture) · crh cibitmek (made of liquid or moisture) · he רטוב (made of liquid or moisture) · bn ভিজা (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pdt naut (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · uk воло́гий (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · gd fliuch (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · ja 湿っぽい (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kmr jixwexilas ((slang) of a person: ineffectual) · ban belus (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · yi נאַס (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · it uggioso (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · mdh mawasa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · oc mòl (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka მცდარი ((slang) of a person: ineffectual) · bgc आल्ला (made of liquid or moisture) · ca xop (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · br gleb (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ar مُبْتَلّ (made of liquid or moisture) · srn nati (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · bcl dumog (made of liquid or moisture) · su baseuh (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ca mullat (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · te తడి (made of liquid or moisture) · ka შეუსაბამო ((slang) of a person: ineffectual) · sv våt ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · eo malseka (made of liquid or moisture) · gd fliuch (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · hil basa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fo vátur (made of liquid or moisture) · it bagnato (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · izh veekäs (made of liquid or moisture) · io humida (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka ცდებით ((slang) of a person: ineffectual) · grc ὑγρός (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ca moll (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kum изгъар (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ill mawasa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ccc sawa (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ko 젖다 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mn нойтон (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ckb تەڕ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · vi ướt (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · az islaq (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · yue 濕 /溼 /湿 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ta ஈரமானது (made of liquid or moisture) · sv våt (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · scn culenti (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mi whekuwheku (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · haw pulu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pim neppe (made of liquid or moisture) · ota یاش (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sh mokar (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kw glyb (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · lv mitrs (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · wyi karrgaling (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · mt mxarrab (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cs vlhká ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · kk дымқыл (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ar مُبْتَلّ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pjt wiita (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ky нымдуу (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cmn 潮濕 /潮湿 (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pt chuvoso (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · pl mokry (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · arz مبلول (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · wa frexhe (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pt úmido (made of liquid or moisture) · kea moióde (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sw kimaji (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka ტენიანი (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · lb naass (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ce тӏеда (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mww ntub (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · uz shilta (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · bg мокър (made of liquid or moisture) · fo vátur (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · uk мо́крий (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · chr ᎦᏚᎵᏓ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nv ditłééʼ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ne भिजेको (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ro ud (made of liquid or moisture) · sv vätande (made of liquid or moisture) · be мо́кры (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · no våt (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · scn acculintatu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · km ទទឹក (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nb regnfull (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · ba сей (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · hsn 水垮垮 (made of liquid or moisture) · tk ezmek (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sl vlažen (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · zea nat (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · is votur (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · it piovoso (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · pac dyuq (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ary فازڭ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mi mākū (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pac dyíp (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ar مَبْلُول (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cic lhayita (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · mel basak (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sv våt (made of liquid or moisture) · no bløt (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka წვიმიანი (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · scn vagnatu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · as ভিজা (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · uk дощовий (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · cs mokrý (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · rup ud (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · non blautr (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · as তিঁতা (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · scn lìquitu (made of liquid or moisture) · eo malseka (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · cy gwlyb (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ary فازڭة (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · az yaş (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka უაზრო ((slang) of a person: ineffectual) · frr wiat (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ja 濡れた ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · cmn 有雨的 (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · cjm ꨚꨔꩍ (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · crh cibitmek (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nn regnfull (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · scn chiuvusu (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · hy հեղուկ (made of liquid or moisture) · tk öllemek (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · nl vochtig (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · duu shaq (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · hy թաց (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ta ஈரமான (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · no våt (made of liquid or moisture) · es húmeda ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · de feucht ((slang) sexually aroused and thus having a moistened vulva) · jv teles (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · pjt winytju (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · jra pơsah (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · oge სოველი (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ka სველი (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ium ndorn (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · scn nzunziatu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fa خیس (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ga fliuch (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · ms basah (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ru мо́крый (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · bg влажен (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · sh vlažan (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · tet bokon (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sl moker (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sc ifustu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · alt суулу (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · ro ud (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · it impregnato (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · sdn infustu (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · kum йибиген (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · la madidus (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · my စို (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fi märkä (of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy) · he רטובה (made of liquid or moisture) · mi monoku (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid) · fi saamaton ((slang) of a person: ineffectual)

wet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /wet/ (Australia)
  • [we̝t] ~ [wɪt] (New-Zealand)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /wet/ (New-Zealand)
  • [wet] ~ [we̞t] (Australia)
  • /wɛt/ (Canada, General-American, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Liquid or moisture.
    • Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant. 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Rainy weather.
    • Come in out of the wet.
    • Don't go out in the wet.
  3. (Australia, countable, uncountable) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
    • Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth[.] 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 289:
    • He said he wanted to beat the clouds gathering, before the Wet had properly settled itself over the plains again. 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 365:
    • They'll be in the camp […] before the Wet's out, mark my words. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, pages 186–7:
    • 2015, David Andrew, The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia, Csiro Publishing, Appendix B, page 380 https://books.google.ca/books?id=XBnyCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Northern Australia is tropical and subject to a prolonged wet season (often called simply 'the Wet') that may last from December to April […] . The Wet features high humidity, heavy rain, flooding that can cut off towns and roads for days on end, and, in most years, violent cyclones that cause high seas, widespread damage and sometimes loss of life.
  4. (UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
  5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) An alcoholic drink.
    • ‘A pity,’ said Jim, ‘I thought we was going to have a free wet.’ 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 60:
  6. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
    • The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half. c. 1952-1996, Noah S. Sweat, quoted in 1996
  7. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A tyre for use in wet weather.
    • Wets, designed to channel water away from underneath the tyres, maximise grip and minimise the chance of aquaplaning. 2004, Jonathan Noble, Mark Hughes, Formula One Racing For Dummies, page 303:
  8. (colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
    • Rimmer had never been terribly good at sports. In fact, he'd been one of the group of 'wets, weirdos and fatties' who stood by the touchline at ball games, worrying about their chapped legs, and fleeing whenever the ball came near them. 1990, Grant Naylor, Better Than Life:
    • Above all, he [Nigel Molesworth] is his own man, resolutely committed to a view of life that divides his fellow pupils into 'sissies', 'wets', 'swots' and 'old lags'. 1984, British Book News, page 324:
  9. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).
    alt of wat

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Antonyms

dry

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wet en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /wet/ (Australia)
  • [we̝t] ~ [wɪt] (New-Zealand)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /wet/ (New-Zealand)
  • [wet] ~ [we̞t] (Australia)
  • /wɛt/ (Canada, General-American, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
    • There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent. 1941 December, G. H. Soole, “The Mountain Section of the C.P.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 530:
    • 'Mr Kelly's Car Wash' was a toy made by Remco where a toy car could be automatically wetted, scrubbed and dried. 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 90:
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become wet.
    • I try to show emotion, but my eyes won't seem to wet 2008, “Be Nice To Me”, in I Hate My Friends, performed by The Front Bottoms:
  3. (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
    • She was laughing so hard she wet her pants.
    • Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
  4. (qualifier:soldering, transitive) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
  5. (informal, transitive) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
    • to wet the baby’s head
    • [He] invited some officers and other gentlemen to dine with him at the Dolphin tavern in Tower street, June 17, 1706, in order to wet his commission […] 1826, Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings:
  6. (Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
    • I'm coming to get ya, I'm coming to get ya / Spitting out lyrics, homie, I'll wet ya 1992 May 5, House of Pain, “Jump Around” (track 2), in House of Pain:
  7. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of whet.
    alt of whet

Forms

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wetting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wet Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wet Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

wet the baby's head · wet one's pants · wet the shamrock · wet one's beak · wet out · wet down · bewet · wet one's whistle · wet my lips · wetted area · wetten · wet oneself · wetting · wet the other eye

Synonyms

dust · forwork · do violence to · put to sleep · terminate with extreme prejudice · wet · mortify · put down · slaughter · obliterate · terminate · pop off · whack · exterminate · torpedo · put someone in hospital · take down · do damage to · neutralize · pick off · snuff · get wet · croak · baptize · bring down · off · do ill · send to the great beyond · end · take care of · bereave of life · scotch · ruin · take · scaith · flatten · bury · top · lay waste to · dere · damage · send to eternity · dispose of · demolish · finish off · destroy · scupper · knock off · send to hell · punch someone's ticket · grieve · moisten · do for · polish off · scathe · annihilate · cack · harrow · dispatch · maul · finish · wet · hurt · waste · scuttle · do violence to · take out · rub out · bump off · pay off · stiff · damnify · grease · do · abuse · dampen · wipe out · stop someone's clock · vulnerate · eradicate · wound · eliminate · drench · smite · put someone out of their misery · send to the grave · compromised to a permanent end · put six feet under · top off · smash · dash · wreck · injure · sog · put an end to · make away with · bewound · deactivate · do away with · blight · harm · mayhem · bag · squash · ravage · crush · wax · shut up · soak · dew · slay · misdo · annoy · slime out · merc · dead · ex · get wet · do in · send to the next life

Translations (137)

scn assappanàrisi (urinate accidentally in or on) · tl basain (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ro uda (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sc infundere (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sv väta (cover or impregnate with liquid) · hi गीली (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sc infundere (urinate accidentally in or on) · ru смочи́ть (cover or impregnate with liquid) · it bagnare (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ms terkencing (urinate accidentally in or on) · lb naass maachen (cover or impregnate with liquid) · it bagnare (form an intermetallic bond) · fur bagnâ (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sc attricciare (cover or impregnate with liquid) · es orinarse (urinate accidentally in or on) · ko 습윤하다 (form an intermetallic bond) · gd fliuch (cover or impregnate with liquid) · fi kastella (urinate accidentally in or on) · it bagnare (urinate accidentally in or on) · ta ஈரமாக்கு (urinate accidentally in or on) · qu sut'uy (cover or impregnate with liquid) · uk мочи́ти (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ca mullar (urinate accidentally in or on) · sdc infundí (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ta ஈரமாகு (become wet) · es mojar (cover or impregnate with liquid) · pl zmoczyć (become wet) · fr se mouiller (become wet) · ru намо́кнуть (become wet) · ru мочи́ть (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ta ஈரம் செய் (urinate accidentally in or on) · om jiisuu (cover or impregnate with liquid) · es mearse (urinate accidentally in or on) · fi kastua (become wet) · scn acculintàrisi (become wet) · cmn 弄濕 /弄湿 (cover or impregnate with liquid) · lv saslapināt (cover or impregnate with liquid) · bcl dumog (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ru мо́кнуть (become wet) · uk змо́чувати (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sdc infundí (urinate accidentally in or on) · sc sfúndiri (cover or impregnate with liquid) · wa frexhi (cover or impregnate with liquid) · hy թրջվել (become wet) · nl plassen (urinate accidentally in or on) · kix(become wet) · pt molhar (urinate accidentally in or on) · sc sciundiri (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ca mullar (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ta ஈரமாகல் (become wet) · msk basa (cover or impregnate with liquid) · scn vagnàrisi (become wet) · he הרטיב (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ro uda (urinate accidentally in or on) · de nass machen (urinate accidentally in or on) · eo malsekigi (cover or impregnate with liquid) · cmn 淋濕 /淋湿 (become wet) · sk močiť (urinate accidentally in or on) · bg намокрям се (become wet) · ru мочи́ться (urinate accidentally in or on) · mi whakamākū (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sdc attricciurà (cover or impregnate with liquid) · nl natmaken (cover or impregnate with liquid) · de nass machen (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sv vätas (become wet) · it saldare (form an intermetallic bond) · cmn 濡濕 /濡湿 (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sc isfundiri (urinate accidentally in or on) · sdc bagnà (cover or impregnate with liquid) · fr mouiller (cover or impregnate with liquid) · et märjaks tegema (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ja 濡らす (cover or impregnate with liquid) · fr mouiller (urinate accidentally in or on) · ru сма́чивать (cover or impregnate with liquid) · scn pisciàrisi (urinate accidentally in or on) · la lavo (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ist bagnà (cover or impregnate with liquid) · mi pātere (become wet) · bg напикавам (urinate accidentally in or on) · pjt winytjuṉi (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ja 濡れる (become wet) · scn pisciàrisi di ncoḍḍu (urinate accidentally in or on) · mdh wasa (cover or impregnate with liquid) · aii ܡܬܲܠܸܠ (cover or impregnate with liquid) · he הרטיב (urinate accidentally in or on) · sc infundiri (cover or impregnate with liquid) · hy տակն անել (urinate accidentally in or on) · fi kastella (cover or impregnate with liquid) · es mojarse (become wet) · ko 젖다 (become wet) · ko 적시다 (cover or impregnate with liquid) · it fare la pipì (urinate accidentally in or on) · de nass werden (become wet) · ta ஈரமாக்கு (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ro uda (become wet) · la imbuō (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ca mullar-se (become wet) · hi गीला (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ur گیلی (cover or impregnate with liquid) · he נרטב (become wet) · vec bagnar (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sc infundiri (urinate accidentally in or on) · it bagnarsi (become wet) · mrw basa' (cover or impregnate with liquid) · pt umedecer (become wet) · de nässen (urinate accidentally in or on) · as তিঁত (become wet) · sk zmoknúť (become wet) · sc abbambagare (cover or impregnate with liquid) · mi tou (cover or impregnate with liquid) · de benetzen (form an intermetallic bond) · sk namočiť (cover or impregnate with liquid) · scn assappanàrisi (become wet) · uk змо́кнути (become wet) · la madefacio (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sv fukta (cover or impregnate with liquid) · uk мо́кнути (become wet) · hy թրջել (cover or impregnate with liquid) · grc τέγγω (cover or impregnate with liquid) · de befeuchten (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sdn infundí (cover or impregnate with liquid) · tl maihian (urinate accidentally in or on) · sdn infundí (urinate accidentally in or on) · ur گیلا (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ru намочи́ть (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ro excita (become wet) · pt molhar (cover or impregnate with liquid) · ru намока́ть (become wet) · eo malsekiĝi (become wet) · et niisutama (cover or impregnate with liquid) · as ভিজ (become wet) · io arozar (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sc isfundiri (cover or impregnate with liquid) · scn bagnari (cover or impregnate with liquid) · de durchnässen (cover or impregnate with liquid) · bg мокря (cover or impregnate with liquid) · sv blöta (cover or impregnate with liquid)