wet

A2
Pronunciation
/wɛt/
/wɛt/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

Liquid or moisture.

2 Definition

Rainy weather.

Example Sentences
  • Don't go out in the wet.
3 Definition

Rainy season. (often capitalized)

4 Definition

(UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

Antonyms
dry
5 Definition

An alcoholic drink.

6 Definition

One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.

7 Definition

(in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cover or impregnate with liquid.

2 Definition

To accidentally urinate in or on.

Example Sentences
  • Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
3 Definition

To make or become wet.

4 Definition

(soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.

5 Definition

To celebrate by drinking alcohol.

6 Definition

To kill or seriously injure.

Example Sentences
  • Wet 'em up!
Adjective
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.

Synonyms
wetting
Example Sentences
  • Water is wet.
2 Definition

Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.

Synonyms
damp saturated soaked
Antonyms
dry
Example Sentences
  • I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
3 Definition

Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.

4 Definition

Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.

Example Sentences
  • This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
5 Definition

Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.

6 Definition

Of weather or a time period: rainy.

Synonyms
damp raining rainy
Antonyms
dry sunny
Example Sentences
  • It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
7 Definition

Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.

Synonyms
green wet behind the ears
Example Sentences
  • That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
8 Definition

(of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.

Synonyms
horny moist
Example Sentences
  • He got me all wet.
9 Definition

Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.

Synonyms
drip feeble hopeless useless
Example Sentences
  • Don’t be so wet.
10 Definition

(retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.

11 Definition

Refreshed with liquor; drunk.

Synonyms
inebriated soused
12 Definition

Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.

Antonyms
dry
13 Definition

Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.

Example Sentences
  • the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
14 Definition

Involving assassination or "wet work".

Example Sentences
  • a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff