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wet > 8 senses
ADJECTIVE1wetCovered or soaked with a liquid such as water
2wetSupporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
3wet, lactatingProducing or secreting milk
4wetConsisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
5wet, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsyVery drunk
NOUN1wet, moistureWetness caused by water
VERB1wetCause to become wet
2wetMake one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
wet > pronunciation
Soundsweh't
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wet > adjective 1
MeaningCovered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
Examples"a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet weather"
Attribute ofwetness
Similarbedewed, dewy; besprent, sprinkled; boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, swampy; clammy, dank; damp, dampish, moist; drenched, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy; dripping; drippy, drizzly; dunked, soused; humid; misty; muggy, steamy, sticky; perspiring, sweating, sweaty; reeking, dripping, watery; rheumy; showery, rainy; soggy, waterlogged; steaming; sticky; tacky; undried; washed; watery
Contrarydry
wet > adjective 2
MeaningSupporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Examples"a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
Contrarydry
wet > adjective 3
MeaningProducing or secreting milk.
Examples"a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"
Synonymslactating
Similarfresh
Contrarydry
wet > adjective 4
MeaningConsisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor.
Examples"a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
Similar toalcoholic
wet > adjective 5
MeaningVery drunk.
Synonymsbesotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy
Similar tointoxicated, drunk, inebriated
Usagecant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
wet > noun, state
MeaningWetness caused by water.
Examples"drops of wet gleamed on the window"
Synonymsmoisture
Broaderwetness
Verbswet
wet > verb 1, change
MeaningCause to become wet.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"Wet your face"
Narrowerbedew; drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse; moisten, wash, dampen; water, irrigate; sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle; squirt; douse, dowse
Broaderchange, alter, modify
Contrarydry, dry out
Nounswet; wetter; wetting
wet > verb 2, body
MeaningMake one's bed or clothes wet by urinating.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
Broadermake, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
Nounswetter

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