WETS
Noun
wets
plural of wet
Verb
wets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wet
Anagrams
• Stew, Tews, West, ewts, stew, tews, west
Source: Wiktionary
WET
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