wet

Meaning

Adj

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. Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
8. (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
9. (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
10. (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
11. (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
12. (archaic, slang) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
13. Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
14. Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
15. (euphemistic, slang) Involving assassination or "wet work".
16. (slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
17. (colloquial, dated, obsolete) Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
18. With a usual complement or consummation; potent.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Liquid or moisture.
2. (countable, uncountable) Rainy weather.
3. (Australia, countable, uncountable) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
4. (British, UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) An alcoholic drink.
6. (US, colloquial, countable, uncountable) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
7. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A tyre for use in wet weather.
8. (colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
9. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become wet.
3. (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
4. (transitive) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
5. (informal, transitive) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
6. (Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
7. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of whet.

Opposite of

dry, sunny

Synonyms

damp

moist

moisten

humid

soak

soaked

water

🚰

dampen

sprinkle

moisture

watery

drench

saturate

make wet

rainy

drenched

wetness

dampness

soggy

humidify

cold

🥶

humidity

saturated

dip

green

become wet

sticky

irrigate

get wet

dank

sloppy

cool

🆒

showery

soak in water

dankness

muddy

clammy

moistened

wash

🧽

be wet

lactating

sodden

spray

dripping

douse

besotted

pixilated

cockeyed

plastered

rain

🌧️

Translations

mojado

mouiller

mouillé

nass

bagnato

bagnare

🛀

nat

mojar

nass machen

feucht

humide

umido

molhado

anfeuchten

befeuchten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wet

Cognate with Scots: weit

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: wäitje

Cognate with Icelandic: væta

Cognate with Middle English: weet

Cognate with Old English: wǣt

Cognate with Northern Frisian: wiat

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: wäit

Cognate with Western Frisian: wiet

Cognate with Middle Dutch: wet

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: våt

Cognate with Danish: våd

Cognate with Faroese: vátur

Cognate with Icelandic: votur

In summary

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“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 wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Sentences

Later it operated domestic and international charter services and wet lease services .

It can also occur in more open wet thickets and meadows .

It's still sopping wet .