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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WET, a. [Gr., L.]
1. Containing water, as wet land, or a wet cloth; or having water or other liquid upon the surface, as a wet table. Wet implies more water or liquid than moist or humid.
2. Rainy; as wet weather; a wet season.
WET, n.
1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. Wear thick shoes or pattens to keep your feet from the wet.
2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
WET, v.t. pret. and pp. wet. But wetted is sometimes used.
1. To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle or humectate; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in liquor; as, to wet a spunge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
Wet the thirsty earth with falling showrs.
2. To moisten with drink.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" [ant: dry]
2: containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint" [ant: dry]
3: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry]
4: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows" [syn: wet, lactating] [ant: dry]
5: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
6: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet] n
1: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" [syn: moisture, wet] v
1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: dry, dry out]
2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (wetter; wettest) Etymology: Middle English, partly from past participle of weten to wet & partly from Old English w?t wet; akin to Old Norse v?tr wet, Old English wζter water Date: before 12th century 1. a. consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (as water) b. of natural gas containing appreciable quantities of readily condensable hydrocarbons 2. rainy <wet weather> 3. still moist enough to smudge or smear <wet paint> 4. a. drunk 1a <a wet driver> b. having or advocating a policy permitting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages <a wet county> <a wet candidate> 5. preserved in liquid 6. employing or done by means of or in the presence of water or other liquid <wet extraction of copper> 7. overly sentimental 8. British a. lacking strength of character ; weak, spineless <thought him wet and violence petrified him — William Golding> b. belonging to the moderate or liberal wing of the Conservative party • wetly adverb • wetness noun Synonyms: wet, damp, dank, moist, humid mean covered or more or less soaked with liquid. wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (as paint) not yet dry <slipped on the wet pavement>. damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture <clothes will mildew if stored in a damp place>. dank implies a more distinctly disagreeable or unwholesome dampness <a prisoner in a cold, dank cell>. moist applies to what is slightly damp or not felt as dry <treat the injury with moist heat>. humid applies to the presence of much water vapor in the air <a hot, humid climate>. II. noun Date: before 12th century 1. water; also moisture, wetness 2. rainy weather ; rain 3. an advocate of a policy of permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors 4. British one who is wet III. verb (wet or wetted; wetting) Etymology: Middle English weten, from Old English w?tan, from w?t, adjective Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to make wet 2. to urinate in or on <wet his pants> intransitive verb 1. to become wet 2. urinate • wetter noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., v., & n. --adj. (wetter, wettest) 1 soaked, covered, or dampened with water or other liquid (a wet sponge; a wet surface; got my feet wet). 2 (of the weather etc.) rainy (a wet day). 3 (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet dried. 4 used with water (wet shampoo). 5 Brit. colloq. feeble, inept. 6 Brit. Polit. colloq. Conservative with liberal tendencies, esp. as regarded by right-wing Conservatives. 7 sl. (of a country, of legislation, etc.) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink. 8 (of a baby or young child) incontinent (is still wet at night). --v.tr. (wetting; past and past part. wet or wetted) 1 make wet. 2 a urinate in or on (wet the bed). b refl. urinate involuntarily. --n. 1 moisture; liquid that wets something. 2 rainy weather; a time of rain. 3 Brit. colloq. a feeble or inept person. 4 Brit. Polit. colloq. a Conservative with liberal tendencies (see sense 6 of adj.). 5 colloq. a drink. Phrases and idioms: wet the baby's head colloq. celebrate its birth with a (usu. alcoholic) drink. wet behind the ears immature, inexperienced. wet blanket see BLANKET. wet dock a dock in which a ship can float. wet dream an erotic dream with involuntary ejaculation of semen. wet fly an artificial fly used under water by an angler. wet look a shiny surface given to clothing materials. wet-nurse n. a woman employed to suckle another's child. --v.tr. 1 act as a wet-nurse to. 2 colloq. treat as if helpless. wet pack the therapeutic wrapping of the body in wet cloths etc. wet suit a close-fitting rubber garment worn by skin-divers etc. to keep warm. wet through (or to the skin) with one's clothes soaked. wetting agent a substance that helps water etc. to spread or penetrate. wet one's whistle colloq. drink. Derivatives: wetly adv. wetness n. wettable adj. wetting n. wettish adj. Etymology: OE wæt (adj. & n.), wætan (v.), rel. to WATER: in ME replaced by past part. of the verb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wet Wet (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel. v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See Water.] 1. 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. ``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak. 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet October's torrent flood.'' --Milton. 3. (Chem.) 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. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wet Wet, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See Wet, a.] 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer. Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant. --Milton. 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. 3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wet Wet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.] 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. ``[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.] Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. --Walton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wet Wet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.] 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. ``[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.] Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. --Walton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(wetter, wettest, wets, wetting, wetted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The forms 'wet' and 'wetted' are both used as the past tense and past participle of the verb. 1. If something is wet, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid. He towelled his wet hair... I lowered myself to the water's edge, getting my feet wet... My gloves were soaking wet... I saw his face was wet with tears. ? dry ADJ • wetly Her hair clung wetly to her head. ADV: usu ADV after v • wetness Anti-perspirants stop wetness, deodorants stop odour. ? dryness N-UNCOUNT 2. To wet something means to get water or some other liquid over it. When assembling the pie, wet the edges where the two crusts join... Fielding nervously wet his lips and tried to smile. VERB: V n, V n 3. If the weather is wet, it is raining. If the weather is wet or cold choose an indoor activity... It was a miserable wet day. = rainy ? dry ADJ • The wet is used to mean wet weather. They had come in from the cold and the wet... N-SING: the N 4. If something such as paint, ink, or cement is wet, it is not yet dry or solid. I lay the painting flat to stop the wet paint running... ? dry ADJ 5. If people, especially children, wet their beds or clothes or wet themselves, they urinate in their beds or in their clothes because they cannot stop themselves. A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed... To put it plainly, they wet themselves. VERB: V n, V pron-refl 6. If you say that someone is still wet behind the ears, you mean that they have only recently arrived in a new place or job, and are therefore still not experienced. PHRASE: v-link PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Damp, moist, humid, dank. 2. Rainy, showery, very damp. II. n. 1. Humidity, moisture, dampness, wetness. 2. Rainy weather, foggy or misty weather. III. v. a. Moisten, damp, dampen, sprinkle, soak.

Moby Thesaurus

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