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wetting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈwɛɾɪŋ] (US)
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• /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ (US)

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That makes (something) wet.

Deriveds

wetting agent

wetting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈwɛɾɪŋ] (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ (US)

Meanings

1. The act of making something wet.
   • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […] 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28:
2. The act of accidental urination on or in something.
3. (Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
   • Earned my name name for all of them wettings If I let you live, then give blessings 2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, here Taze, “Anti”, 3:01–3:05:

Forms

Deriveds

wetting down · bedwetting · pant-wetting · wetting machine

Translations (4)

pt molhada (act of making something wet) · fi kastelu (act of making something wet) · fi kastelu (act of accidental urination) · ga fliuchán (act of making something wet)

wetting en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈwɛɾɪŋ] (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ (US)

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wet
   form of wet