Wet - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |wet|  American pronunciation of the word wet
Brit.  |wet|  British pronunciation of the word wet
irregular verb:  p.t. — wet or wetted  p.p. — wet or wetted

noun

- wetness caused by water (syn: moisture)
drops of wet gleamed on the window

verb

- cause to become wet
- 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
- very drunk (syn: besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight)

Extra examples

Be careful not to slip on the wet floor.

My hair is still wet.

My shoes got wet when I stepped in the puddle.

The grass was wet with dew.

Don't touch the paint. It's still wet.

We stayed out in the wet all afternoon.

...winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection...

I wet a sponge under the faucet.

Avoid wetting the leaves when you water the plant.

The morning dew had wet his shoes.

The little boy accidentally wet his pants.

I laughed so hard I almost wet myself.

She got her shoes wet.

Her face was wet with tears of joy.

The summer was cold and wet.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: wet
he/she/it: wets
present participle: wetting
past tense: wet or wetted
past participle: wet or wetted
adjective
comparative: wetter
superlative: wettest
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