American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wet
IPA transcription: ['wɛt]
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['wɛt]
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Noun
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wetness caused by water
“drops of wet gleamed on the window”
Verb
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cause to become wet
“Wet your face”
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make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
“This eight year old boy still wets his bed”
Adjective
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covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
“a wet bathing suit”
“wet sidewalks”
“wet weather”
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producing or secreting milk
“a wet nurse”
“a wet cow”
“lactating cows”
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containing moisture or volatile components
“wet paint”
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supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
“a wet candidate running on a wet platform”
“a wet county”
Adjective
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very drunk
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consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
“a wet cargo”
“a wet canteen”
Usage examples
- He is interred at Wethersfield Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut.
- The eastern and central areas are wetter than the western end.
- It is most frequent in sunny habitats with wet, acidic soils.
- De Wet was married twice.
- Coweta has a council-manager form of government.
- Sugar cane and several varieties of bananas grow in the wetland areas.
- These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud.
- There is some crossover between the wet and messy fetish and clothing destruction fetishes.
- Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.
- Particularly damaging is the draining of wet habitats to produce arable land.