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Definitions of 'wet'
1.
If something is wet, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid.
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2.
To wet something means to get water or some other liquid over it.
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3.
If the weather is wet, it is raining.
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3.
The wet is used to mean wet weather.
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Pronunciation of 'wet'
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Conjugations of 'wet'
present simple: I wet, you wet [...]
past simple: I wet or wetted, you wet or wetted [...]
past participle: wet or wetted
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Synonyms of 'wet'
• damp, soaked, soaking [...]
• rainy, damp, drizzly [...]
• feeble, soft, weak [...]
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Collocations with 'wet'
wet hands wet sidewalk wet winter
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Idioms with 'wet'
get your feet wet wet behind the ears a wet blanket
Examples of 'wet' in a sentence
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Early light on the wet decks. The Guardian (2018) The Sun (2009) Times, Sunday Times (2016)
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Translations of 'wet'
English-French
● adjective: [clothes, hair] mouillé (mouillée); [paint, cement, varnish] pas sec (pas sèche); (=rainy) [weather, day] pluvieux (pluvieuse); (informal) (=weak, pathetic) [person] timoré (timorée) [...]
● transitive verb: [hair, hands, lips] se mouiller; [pastry, surface] mouiller [...]
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● adjective: [person, clothes, nappy, bed] mojado, calado; [paint, ink, plaster] fresco; (from crying) [eyes] lloroso [...]
● noun: ; (British) (Politics) (informal) político conservador de tendencias centristas, desdeñado por la parte más radicalmente conservadora del partido [...]
● transitive verb: (=make wet) mojar [...]
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English-German
● adjective: nass; (= rainy) nass, feucht; climate, country feucht; (= allowing alcohol) state, city wo kein Alkoholverbot besteht, nicht prohibitionistisch; (Brit inf) (= weak, spiritless) weichlich, lasch; (Pol pej) gemäßigt [...]
● noun: (= moisture) Feuchtigkeit f; (= rain) Nässe f; (inf: = wet season) Regenzeit f; (US, inf: = anti-prohibitionist) Antiprohibitionist(in) m(f) [...]
● transitive verb: nass machen; lips, washing befeuchten [...]
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English-Italian
● adjective: bagnato/a, (damp) umido/a; (soaked) fradicio/a; (paint, varnish, ink) fresco/a [...]
● noun: (moisture) umidità; (rain) pioggia; (informal, pejorative) (person) smidollato/a [...]
● transitive verb: bagnare [...]
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English-Chinese
● adjective: (person, clothes) 湿的; (paint, cement, glue) 未干的; (rainy:weather, day) 多雨的 [...]
● noun: [count] (British Politics) 采取自由主义的保守党成员 [...]
● transitive verb: (dampen) 把⋯弄湿 [...]
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English-Portuguese
● adjective: molhado; (damp) úmido; (wet through) encharcado; (rainy) chuvoso [...]
● noun: (Britain politics) político de tendência moderada [...]
● transitive verb: molhar [...]
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English-Hindi
● adjective: गीला[गीली], भीगा [भीगी], नम, आर्द्र [...]
● transitive verb: भिगोना, गीला करना [...]
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English-Japanese
● adjective: ぬれた [...]
● transitive verb: ぬらす [...]
● singular noun: 雨天 [...]
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English-Korean
● adjective: 젖은 [...]
● transitive verb: 적시다 [...]
● singular noun: 비 [...]
See entry If something is wet, it is covered in water or another liquid. Romanian: ud Ukrainian: вологий To wet something means to get water or some other liquid over it. Thai: ทำให้เปียก'wet' in other languages
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