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WET
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
(adjective) very drunk
wet
(adjective) consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; “a wet cargo”; “a wet canteen”
wet
(adjective) covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; “a wet bathing suit”; “wet sidewalks”; “wet weather”
wet, lactating
(adjective) producing or secreting milk; “a wet nurse”; “a wet cow”; “lactating cows”
wet
(adjective) supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; “a wet candidate running on a wet platform”; “a wet county”
wet
(adjective) containing moisture or volatile components; “wet paint”
moisture, wet
(noun) wetness caused by water; “drops of wet gleamed on the window”
wet
(verb) make one’s bed or clothes wet by urinating; “This eight year old boy still wets his bed”
wet
(verb) cause to become wet; “Wet your face”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
wet (comparative wetter, )
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Synonym: wetting
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Synonyms: damp, saturated, soaked, Thesaurus:wet
Antonym: dry
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
Synonyms: damp, raining, rainy
Antonyms: dry, sunny
(slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Synonyms: green, wet behind the ears
(slang, vulgar) (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
Synonyms: horny, moist, Thesaurus:randy
(Britain, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Synonyms: feeble, hopeless, useless, drip
(retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
(slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
Synonyms: inebriated, soused, Thesaurus:drunk
(biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
Antonym: dry
(chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
(slang, euphemism) Involving assassination or "wet work".
Noun
wet (countable and uncountable, plural wets)
Liquid or moisture.
Rainy weather.
(Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
(British, UK politics, pejorative) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Antonym: dry
(colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
(US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
(motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
Verb
wet (third-person singular simple present wets, present participle wetting, simple past and past participle wetted or wet)
(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
(transitive) To accidentally urinate in or on.
(intransitive) To make or become wet.
(transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
(transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
Misspelling of whet.
(US, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
Anagrams
• Tew, ewt, tew
Source: Wiktionary
Wet, a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.] Etym: [OE. wet, weet, AS. wt; akin to OFries. wt, Icel. vatr, Sw. vĂĄt, Dan. vaad, and E. water. Water.]
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.
2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." Milton.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: 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.
4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] Prior. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.
– Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
Syn.
– Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.
Wet, n. Etym: [AS. wæta. See Wet, a.]
1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. Chaucer. Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant. Milton.
2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
Wet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.] Etym: [AS. wætan.]
Definition: 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. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. Milton. To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.] Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. Walton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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