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Definition wet

Etymology

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English w?tan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-Germanic *w?tijan? (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).

Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English w?t (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-Germanic *w?taz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Adjective

wet (comparative wetter, superlative wettest)

1. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
2. Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
3. Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
4. Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
5. Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
6. Of weather or a time period: rainy.
7. (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
8. (slang, vulgar) (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
9. (Britain, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
10. Permitting alcoholic beverages.
11. (slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
12. (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
13. (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
14. (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".

Noun

wet (countable and uncountable, plural wets)

1. Liquid or moisture.
2. Rainy weather.
3. (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
4. (Britain, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
5. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
6. (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.

Verb

wet (third-person singular simple present wets, present participle wetting, simple past and past participle wet or wetted)

1. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
2. (transitive) To accidentally urinate in or on.
3. (intransitive) To make or become wet.
4. (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
5. (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
6. Misspelling of whet.
7. (US, slang) To kill or seriously injure.

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