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ADJECTIVE wet COMPARATIVE wetter SUPERLATIVE wettest
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wet English

Meaning wet meaning

What does wet mean?
Definitions in simple English

wet Adjective

— If something is wet it has some water or other liquid on it. I got completely wet in the rain. I don't want to use this towel. It's already wet.

wet Verb

— If you wet something, you put water or some other liquid on it. Please try not to wet the bathroom floor when you have a shower.

wet

— adjective covered or soaked with a liquid such as water a wet bathing suit wet sidewalks wet weather — verb cause to become wet Wet your face — noun wetness caused by water drops of wet gleamed on the window — adjective (= lactating) producing or secreting milk a wet nurse a wet cow lactating cows — adjective supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages a wet candidate running on a wet platform a wet county — adjective containing moisture or volatile components wet paint — verb make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating This eight year old boy still wets his bed — adjective consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor a wet cargo a wet canteen — adjective (= besotted) very drunk

Synonyms wet synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wet?

wet English » English

damp moist moisten humid soak soaked water dampen sprinkle moisture watery drench saturate rainy make wet drenched wetness soggy humidify dampness humidity cold sticky sloppy saturated irrigate green get wet dip dank become wet wash spray sodden soak in water showery muddy moistened lactating dripping dankness cool clammy be wet wetted water-logged viscous very wet unripe tight

Topics wet topics

What do people use wet to talk about?
Universe, creation Water

Wet
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Rain

  • What words describe the weather when it is raining?
    rainy wet
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Liquid
Person Life Stage of life Baby

Care for a baby
Universe, creation Sky

Weather
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Meddle

Spoil
Daily life

Sleep

  • What words are used of urinating while asleep?
    wet the bed

Conjugation wet conjugation

How do you conjugate wet?

wet · verb

Examples wet examples

How do I use wet in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I am fed up with this wet weather.
The street is wet.
I'm wet.
Why is it wet?
Why are they wet?
He's got a face like a month of wet Sundays.
The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet.
I was caught in a shower on my way home from school, got soaking wet and caught a cold.
It was raining, and Joe's long hair was completely wet by the time he got home.
Luciano might have the crowd behind him, but he's still wet behind the ears.
Wet clothes adhere to the skin.
She wiped her wet hair with a towel.
The wet vase left a mark on the table.
Tom got wet to the skin and caught cold.
The day turned out wet.
This kind of shoe is apt to slip on wet ground.
This grass is too wet to sit on.
You're wet through.
On my way home from school, I was caught in a shower and got wet to the skin.
Take this umbrella with you lest you should get wet and catch cold.
I was caught in the rain and got wet.
It began to rain and she got wet.
It has been raining. The roads are wet.
My bath towel was wet, so it was of no use.
Wet clothes clung to her body.
My wet clothes clung to my body.

Movie subtitles

You're all wet.
I'm wet with salvation!
Haircut? Wet shave?
Ha, long, wet lunch?
Now then, ladies, can I offer you a small glass of something, just to wet the baby's head?
We're often offered a drink to wet the baby's head and we're absolutely forbidden to accept it.
As a detective he was all wet, so he went back to see what he could do to his other job.
Let's wet it!
The sea weather tends to be different, and here it is always wet.
I'm completely wet because of that rabble!
They never taught us anything really useful like how to light a cigarette in the wind or make a fire out of wet wood. or bayonet a man in the belly instead of the ribs where it gets jammed.
The bandage is all wet.
I carry you over there. I don't want you to get your feet wet. That's it.
Mama, I want to carry you across so you won't get your feet wet.
I don't want you to get your feet wet.
But, Mama, I want to carry you across so you won't get your feet wet. You?
Am I supposed to be wet nurse to them woodenhead pilgrims a-crossin' the plains?
He's been cutting in on my territory and that's all wet with me.
Ink's still wet, huh?
Oh, by the way. You'll want to change those wet rags immediately.
Sleeping in tents, in the wet and everything.
What's the matter? Wet field?
Why not put wet tar on all the roads, then chase the black soles of his feet?
I didn't want you to get your feet wet.
And I don't have to get wet.
Your clothes are all wet.
The young lady's terrible wet.
I'm wet, I'm cold and I'm hungry.
I'm wet.
Just cold and wet and hungry.
Or a wet willy?
What a wet blanket you are, Legrand.
Oh, by the way. You'll want to change those wet rags immediately. Yes.
No college boy still wet behind the ears is gonna bust us up.
That sweater wet?
Wrap,em in paper or they'll get her dress wet.

News and current affairs

AMSTERDAM - In the Mekong Delta, farmers obtain 6-7 tons of rice per hectare in dry seasons and 4-5 tons per hectare in wet seasons, using fast-maturing rice varieties that allow up to three consecutive yields annually.
They pad along barefooted, with the mud sucking at their heels in the wet parts.
And most of those who do live in the flood areas would never even get their feet wet.
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