wet
(wĕt)
[Middle English, from Old English wǣt.]
adjective: wet·ter, wet·test.
- Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water.
- Not yet dry or firm: wet paint.
- Stored or preserved in liquid.
- Used or prepared with water or other liquids.
- Rainy, humid, or foggy: wet weather.
- Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation: a wet climate.
- Informal Allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet county.
- Characterized by the use or presence of water or liquid reagents: wet chemistry.
noun
- Something that wets; moisture.
- Rainy or snowy weather: go out into the wet.
- Informal One who supports the legality of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
verb: wet or wet·ted, wet·ting, wets.
transitive verb
- To make wet; dampen: wet a sponge.
- To make (a bed or one's clothes) wet by urinating.
intransitive verb
- To become wet.
- To urinate.
idioms
- all wet
- Entirely mistaken.
- wet behind the ears
- Inexperienced; green.
- wet (one's) whistle
- To take a drink.
synonyms:
wet, damp, moist, dank, humid These adjectives mean covered with or saturated with liquid. Wet describes not only what is covered or soaked ( a wet sponge ) but also what is not yet dry ( wet paint ). Damp and moist both mean slightly wet, but damp often implies an unpleasant clamminess: a cold, damp cellar; a moist breeze. Dank emphasizes disagreeable, often unhealthful wetness: a dank cave. Humid refers to an unpleasantly high degree of moisture in the atmosphere: hot, humid weather.
