Sekirov Dictionary

wet

/wɛt/

adjective 18
noun 8
verb 6
forms 8
phrases 17

adjective18

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not dry, because water or something like water is on it or in it
- I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
- The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed.
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Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- The new item is its first "wet," or sauce-topped, burrito. — 2005
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Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
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Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Water is wet.
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(UK, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- Don’t be so wet.
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(slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- He got me all wet.
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Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- The wet states would be "the greatest beneficiaries" because the amendment would root out the liquor traffic within their cities. — 1995
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(slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
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Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
(slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
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Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
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Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- This fighter jet's engine is rated for a maximum wet thrust of 450 kilonewtons, more than twice its max dry thrust, but the afterburner eats up a huge amount of fuel.
(slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
With a usual complement or consummation; potent.
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(slang, no longer used) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
- […] When my lost Lover the tall Ship ascends, / With Musick gay, and wet with Iovial Friends […] — 1694
(informal, no longer used) Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.

noun8

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Liquid or moisture.
- Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant. — 1671
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Rainy weather.
- Don't go out in the wet.
- Come in out of the wet.
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(Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- They'll be in the camp […] before the Wet's out, mark my words. — 1938
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(informal, disapproving) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- Above all, he [Nigel Molesworth] is his own man, resolutely committed to a view of life that divides his fellow pupils into 'sissies', 'wets', 'swots' and 'old lags'. — 1984
(UK, disapproving) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
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(US, informal) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half. — 1952
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[in the plural] A tyre for use in wet weather.
- Wets, designed to channel water away from underneath the tyres, maximise grip and minimise the chance of aquaplaning. — 2004
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(informal) An alcoholic drink.
- ‘A pity,’ said Jim, ‘I thought we was going to have a free wet.’ — 1974

verb6

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To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent. — 1941
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To make or become wet.
- I try to show emotion, but my eyes won't seem to wet — 2008
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To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
- She was laughing so hard she wet her pants.
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(informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- [He] invited some officers and other gentlemen to dine with him at the Dolphin tavern in Tower street, June 17, 1706, in order to wet his commission […] — 1826
To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
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(US, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
- I'm coming to get ya, I'm coming to get ya / Spitting out lyrics, homie, I'll wet ya — 1992

forms

wetted · ywette · wetting · wets · wetteth · wettest · wetter · wettest

Phrases with wet

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