Definitions for wet
wɛtwet

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. moisture, wetadjective

   wetness caused by water

   "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

2. wetadjective

   covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

   "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

3. wetadjective

   containing moisture or volatile components

   "wet paint"

4. wetadjective

   supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

   "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"

5. wet, lactatingadjective

   producing or secreting milk

   "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"

6. wetadjective

   consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

   "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"

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

   very drunk

8. wetverb

   cause to become wet

   "Wet your face"

9. wetverb

   make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

   "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wetnoun

   Liquid or moisture.

2. wetnoun

   Rainy weather.

   Don't go out in the wet.

3. wetnoun

   A moderate Conservative.

4. wetnoun

   An alcoholic drink.

5. wetverb

   To cover or impregnate with liquid.

6. wetverb

   To urinate accidentally in or on.

   Johnny wets the bed several times a week.

7. wetverb

   To become wet

8. wetadjective

   Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.

   I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.

9. wetadjective

   Of weather or a day, rainy.

   It's going to be wet tomorrow.

10. wetadjective

    Made up of liquid or moisture.

    Water is wet.

11. wetadjective

    Of a person, ineffectual.

    Don't be so wet.

12. wetadjective

    Of a woman, sexually aroused.

    He got me all wet.

13. wetadjective

    Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.

    That guy's wet; after all, he just started yesterday.

14. wetadjective

    Working with chemical or biological matter.

15. wetadjective

    Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.

16. wetadjective

    covered in a sauce

17. Etymology: From wett, past participle of weten, from wætan, from wētanan, from wed-. Cognate with væta. Compare also weet, from wæt, from wētaz, related to wiet, våt, våd. More at water.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wetadjective

   Etymology: wœt , Saxon; waed, Danish.

   1. Humid; having some moisture adhering.

   They are wet with the show’rs of the mountains. Job. xxiv.

   The soals of the feet have great affinity with the head, and the mouth of the stomach; as going wet-shod to those that use it not, affecteth both. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   2. Rainy; watery.

   Wet weather seldom hurts the most unwise. Dryden.

2. WETnoun

   Water; humidity; moisture; rainy weather.

   Plants appearing weather’d, stubby, and curled, is the effect of immoderate wet. Francis Bacon.

   Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
   Had cheer’d the face of the earth, and dry’d the wet
   From drooping plant. John Milton, Par. Regain’d.

   Tuberoses will not endure the wet; therefore set your pots into the converse, and keep them dry. John Evelyn.

   Your master’s riding-coat turn inside out, to preserve the outside from wet. Jonathan Swift.

3. To Wetverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To humectate; to moisten; to make to have moisture adherent.

   Better learn of him, that learned be,
   And han been watered at the muses well;
   The kindly dew drops from the higher tree,
   And wets the little plants, that lowly dwell. Edmund Spenser.

   A drop of water running swiftly over straw, wetteth not. Francis Bacon.

   Wet the thirsty earth with falling show’rs. John Milton.

   2. To drench with drink.

   Let’s drink the other cup to wet our whistles, and so sing away all sad thoughts. Izaak Walton, Angler.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wet

   Wet is a song by American singer Nicole Scherzinger, taken from her debut solo studio album Killer Love (2011). The song was written by Ester Dean and Traci Hale, co-written and produced by Norwegian duo StarGate (Tor E. Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen) and Sandy Vee. The song was serviced as the fourth single from the album to British radio stations on August 28, 2011, by Polydor Records, while in Australia it was released in the following month. The dance-pop and R&B song speak of Scherzinger singing that "her body is aching for a man's touch". It received generally positive reviews from music critics. The song received moderate commercial success where it peaked at number twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart, in addition to peaking at number ten on the Irish Singles Chart, where it also became one of her highest charting releases. The accompanying music video for "Wet" was directed by Justin Francis. It was generally received by critics which favored Scherzinger's intricate choreography.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wet

   Wet refers to the condition of being covered or saturated with a liquid such as water. It may also refer to a substance that isn't normally liquid but has liquid on it, causing it to feel damp or moist. The term can also be used in other contexts to signify that something is rainy, or involves the use of liquid.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. Wet

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

3. 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

4. Wet

   refreshed with liquor; drunk

5. Wetadjective

   water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree

6. Wetadjective

   rainy weather; foggy or misty weather

7. Wetadjective

   a dram; a drink

8. Wet

   of Wet

9. Wetverb

   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

10. Etymology: [AS. wtan.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WET

   Wet is an album that was nominated for Dance Recording of the Year in the 2003 Juno Awards.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wet

   wet, adj. containing water: having water on the surface: rainy: (slang) given to drinking, tipsy: (U.S.) allowing the sale of intoxicating liquors, as opposed to prohibition.—n. water or wetness: moisture: act of wetting, a dram, a debauch.—v.t. to make wet: to soak with water: to sprinkle: (slang) to celebrate by drinking:—pr.p. wet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. wet, (rarely) wet′ted.—ns. Wet′-cup′ping, the simultaneous application of a cupping-glass and the making an incision on the skin; Wet′-dock, a dock or basin for floating vessels at all states of the tide; Wet′ness; Wet′-nurse, a nurse who suckles a child for its mother.—adj. Wet′-shod, having shoes or feet wet.—n. Wet′ting-machine′, a machine used to damp paper for printing.—adj. Wet′tish, somewhat wet.—Wet bob (slang), a boy at school who goes in for rowing in preference to cricket or football; Wet bulb thermometer (see Psychrometer); Wet goods, liquors; Wet meter, a gas-meter in which the gas to be measured passes through water; Wet plate (phot.), a plate coated with collodion and sensitised with a salt of silver.—A wet blanket, a damper, kill-joy. [A.S. wǽt; Ice. vátr; from root of water.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wet

   The owners and master of a ship are liable for all damage by wet. (See STOWAGE.)

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wetverb

   Kill someone. As in wet from blood when someone is sprayed. "Now I gotta wetcha" -- Ice Cube (I'm gonna wetcha)

2. wetverb

   Excite a female. make a girl horney, get the pussy wet

3. wetverb

   To get shermed-out.(get wet)

4. wetverb

   The act of smoking PCP

5. wetverb

   To talk about someone -"He wettin' yo ass!"

6. wetverb

   Able to shoot a basketball well. "Dat nigga wet."cold

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1. wet

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2. WET

   What does WET stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WET acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wet' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2990

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wet' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1955

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wet' in Adjectives Frequency: #366

Anagrams for wet »

1. tew

How to pronounce wet?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of wet in a Sentence

1. Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna:

   There will be wet and windy weather across the UK on Wednesday and Thursday, with the heavy rain coming back.

2. Patrick Major:

   Residents under the bombs would routinely recall being thrown through the air by the pressure waves of air mines exploding, and window casements and doors would be blown off their hinges, there were even rumors that wrapping wet towels around the face might save those in shelters from having their lungs collapsed by blast waves, which would leave victims otherwise externally untouched. The unprecedented power of these attacks has proved useful for scientists to gauge the impact such events can have hundreds of kilometers above the Earth, in addition to the devastation they caused on the ground.

3. Jemele Hill:

   I thought I was saying water is wet, i didn’t even think it was controversial.

4. Marty Irby:

   Were thrilled to see a light at the end of the tunnel with Chinas proposal to reclassify dogs as companion animals and bring an end to dog meat trade, these animals are our dutiful companions and not our dinner fare. If COVID19 has taught us anything, its that we can not allow infectious practices such as eating bats, dogs, cats, pangolins, and other exotic creatures to continue not only for the welfare of the animals, but for the heath and safety of the human race and global economy. Its believed that the coronavirus pandemic originated from a wet market in Wuhan, China. Marty Irby added that.

5. Bob Barnes:

   I was kind of proud of myself because I don’t fare too well in the rain that often, everything tends to get wet.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wet
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wet
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wet
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=wet