dictionary definitions for "wet"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  wet
      adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet
             bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet
             weather" [ant: dry]
      2: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of
         alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet
         platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry]
      3: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow";
         "lactating cows" [syn: lactating] [ant: dry]
      4: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo";
         "a wet canteen"
      5: very drunk [syn: 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, tipsy]
         
      n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
          window" [syn: moisture]
      v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: dry]
      2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year
         old boy still wets his bed"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See Wet, a.]
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     1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable
        degree.
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              Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.
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              Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
              Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet
              From drooping plant.                  --Milton.
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     2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
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     3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.]
     [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
     v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
     Water.]
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     1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
        moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
        upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
        "Wet cheeks." --Shak.
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     2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet
        October's torrent flood." --Milton.
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     3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
        other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
        distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
        fusion is employed.
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     4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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     Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock,
        etc.
  
     Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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     Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
     To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
     to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
     surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
     wet the hands; to wet cloth. "[The scene] did draw tears from
     me and wetted my paper." --Burke.
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           Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
           Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
           Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
                                                    --Milton.
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     To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
        dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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              Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                    --Walton.
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