Definitions of wet [ɛt]

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Definition of 'wet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) wet
moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid.

2.  wet
in a liquid form or state:
wet paint.

3.  wet
characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.

4.  wet
moistened or dampened with rain; rainy.

5.  wet
allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages:
a wet town.

6.  wet
characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.:
the wet season.

7.  wet
laden with moisture or vapor, esp. water vapor:
a wet breeze from the west.

8.  wet
intoxicated.

9. (n.) wet
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture.

10.  wet
damp weather; rain.

11.  wet
a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

12. (v.t.) wet
to make (something) wet.

13.  wet
to urinate on or in.

14. (v.i.) wet
to become wet.

15.  wet
(of animals and children) to urinate.

16.  wet
all wet, completely mistaken; in error.

17.  wet
wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wett, ptp. of weten, OE wæmacr;tan to wet; r. ME weet, OE wæmacr;t, c. OFris wēt, ON vātr; akin to water)

Definition of 'wet'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) moisture, wet
wetness caused by water
"drops of wet gleamed on the window"

2. (adj) wet
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
"a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

3. (adj) wet
containing moisture or volatile components
"wet paint"

4. (adj) wet
supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
"a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"

5. (adj) wet, lactating
producing or secreting milk
"a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"

6. (adj) wet
consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
"a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"

7. (verb) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
very drunk

8. (verb) wet
cause to become wet
"Wet your face"

9. (verb) wet
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
"This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

Definition of 'wet'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) wet
≠ dry
His hair was wet.; We got wet in the rain.

2.  wet
get wet
(of the weather) rainy
a wet winter's day

3.  wet
not having dried
My nail polish is still wet.

4.  wet
(of a person) having very little confidence or courage
***He's too wet to try it.

5. (verb) wet
to make wet
Wet your hair, before you shampoo.

6.  wet
to urinate on sth by accident
The baby wet the bed.

Definition of 'wet'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) wet
water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree

2. (adj) wet
rainy weather; foggy or misty weather

3. (adj) wet
a dram; a drink

4.  wet
containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table

5.  wet
very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season

6.  wet
employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed

7.  wet
refreshed with liquor; drunk

8.  wet
of Wet

9. (verb) wet
to fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth

Translation of 'wet'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: containing, soaked in, or covered with, water or another liquid We got soaking wet when it began to rain; His shirt was wet through with sweat; wet hair; The car skidded on the wet road.
Afrikaans: nat	Arabic: رَطْب	Bulgarian: мокър
Brazilian: molhado	Czech: mokrý	German: naß
Danish: våd	Greek: υγρός, βρεγμένος	Spanish: mojado
Estonian: märg	Farsi: خيس	Finnish: märkä
French: mouillé	Hebrew: רָטוּב	Hindi: गीला
Croatian: mokar	Hungarian: nedves	Indonesian: basah
Icelandic: blautur	Italian: bagnato	Japanese: 濡れた
Korean: 젖은	Lithuanian: šlapias	Latvian: slapjš; mitrs
Malay: basah, berair	Dutch: nat	Norwegian: våt, fuktig
Polish: mokry	Portuguese: molhado	Romanian: umed
Russian: мокрый	Slovak: mokrý, vlhký	Slovenian: moker
Serbian: vlažan	Swedish: våt, blöt	Thai: เปียก; ชุ่มไปด้วยน้ำ
Turkish: ıslak, yaş, nemli	Taiwanese: 濕的	Ukrainian: мокрий, вологий
Urdu: بھیگا ہوا	Vietnamese: ướt	Chinese: 湿的
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