wet the bed /wɛt ðə ˈbɛd/ verb2 •To urinate in one's bed (during sleep).Unsecure is what she was. She wetted the bed a lot, and always she was sucking on her thumb. — 1998 •(euphemistic) To go bad, to fail. Often said of machines; a euphemism for shit the bed. formswetted the bed · wetting the bed · wets the bed