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Adjective
/wet/,
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wetter, comparative; wettest, superlative;
  1. Covered or saturated with water or another liquid
    • - she followed, slipping on the wet rock
  2. (of the weather) Rainy
    • - a wet, windy evening
  3. (of paint, ink, plaster, or a similar substance) Not yet having dried or hardened

  4. (of a baby or young child) Having urinated in its diaper or underwear

  5. Involving the use of water or liquid
    • - wet methods of photography
  6. (of a country or region or of its legislation) Allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages

  7. (of a person) Addicted to alcohol

  8. Showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble
    • - they thought the cadets were a bit wet
Verb
  1. Cover or touch with liquid; moisten
    • - he wet a finger and flicked through the pages
    • - the wetting caused an aggravation of his gout
  2. (esp. of a baby or young child) Urinate in or on
    • - the child wet the bed
  3. Urinate involuntarily

Noun
  1. Liquid that makes something damp
    • - I could feel the wet of his tears
  2. Rainy weather
    • - the race was held in the wet
  3. A person opposed to the prohibition of alcoholic beverages

  4. A person lacking forcefulness or strength of character

  1. cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
  2. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
  3. moisture: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"
  4. containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint"
  5. make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
  6. supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
  7. Wet is an album released by Barbra Streisand in 1979. The album is a concept album of sorts with all the songs referring to, or expressing different interpretations of, water. Wet is also the first and the last word sung on the album.
  8. Wet was an avant-garde Los Angeles-based magazine that revolved around the idea of "gourmet bathing" and later evolved to "gourmet bathing and beyond." Its publisher and creator was Leonard Koren, an architecture school graduate. ...
  9. Wet is a third-person shooter game, developed by Artificial Mind and Movement and published by Bethesda Softworks for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game stars a heroine named Rubi Malone voiced by actress Eliza Dushku. It has sold over one million units worldwide.
  10. WET (Water Entertainment Technologies), also known as WET Design, is a water feature design firm based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1983 by former Disney Imagineers Mark Fuller, Melanie Simon, and Alan Robinson. ...
  11. (Wetness) Wetting is the ability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface, resulting from intermolecular interactions when the two are brought together. The degree of wetting (wettability) is determined by a force balance between adhesive and cohesive forces.
  12. (Wets) The term wet was much in use in the 1980s, describing Conservative Party members in Margaret Thatcher's government who were outside her inner circle. Wets typically opposed her strict monetarist policies and supported increasing public spending.
  13. Liquid or moisture; Rainy weather; A moderate Conservative; To cover or impregnate with liquid; To urinate accidentally in or on; To become wet; Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid; Of weather or a day, rainy; Made up of liquid or moisture; Of a person, ineffectual; ...
  14. (wetly) in a wet manner
  15. (WETNESS) A descriptive term that designates the percentage of water present in steam. This term is also used to denote the presence of water on a heating surface
  16. (Wetness) Soil is wet during period of use.
  17. (Wets) Tires designed to perform better in the rain.
  18. (Wets) Tires used during wet conditions. Usually grooved to channel water away from the center of the tire in order to have a good contact patch. Also referred to as rains.
  19. To dream that you are wet, denotes that a possible pleasure may involve you in loss and disease. You are warned to avoid the blandishments of seemingly well-meaning people. ...
  20. Sans foamed milk (steamed milk only).
  21. plants that need constantly moist to wet soil. These plants also do well planted around pond edges. They do not tolerate dry soils.
  22. Refers to a crash on a wet road. (Note that information is not available)
  23. A person who supports the legal sale of alcoholic beverages.
  24. [adjective ] the opposite of a “dry” drink, made with more milk and less foam.
  25. Consisting entirely of processed sound. The output of an effects device is 100% wet when only the output of the processor itself is being heard, with none of the dry (unprocessed) signal. Compare with dry.