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wet the bed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /wɛt ðə ˈbɛd/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To urinate in one's bed (during sleep).
    • Unsecure is what she was. She wetted the bed a lot, and always she was sucking on her thumb. 1998 November, Bethany Campbell [pseudonym; Sally Lea McCluskey], Hear No Evil, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 238:
  2. (euphemistic) To go bad, to fail. Often said of machines; a euphemism for shit the bed.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wetting the bed Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wets the bed Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wet the bed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wet the bed Tense=Past lexicographic
wetted the bed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wetted the bed Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

to wet oneself

Deriveds

bedwetting · bedwetter

Relateds

piss-the-bed

Translations (15)

de ins Bett machen (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · eo malsekigi la liton (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · de einnässen (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · cmn 畫地圖 /画地图 (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · fr faire pipi au lit (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · cmn 尿炕 (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · sv kissa i sängen (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · cmn 尿床 (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · fr mouiller son lit (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · pl moczyć łóżko (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · es mojar la cama (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · ru страда́ть недержа́нием мочи́ (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · pl zmoczyć łóżko (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · ja ベッドを濡らす (to urinate in one's bed during sleep) · fi kastella vuoteensa (to urinate in one's bed during sleep)