American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wetter
IPA transcription: ['wɛtɚ]
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Noun
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a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
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a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
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someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in 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
- The eastern and central areas are wetter than the western end.
- Winter begins dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier.
- By contrast in wetter and more northern societies, rain is often viewed as unpleasant.
- November to March is the wet season-the northwest monsoon-typically warmer and wetter.
- Wetter oak woodlands historically had a substantial shrub understory, primarily snowberry.
- The size of this lake can triple in wetter years.
- The summer season is much warmer and wetter.
- But in summer, it appreciates fertilizer and wetter conditions.
- Summers are much wetter than winters.
- Wetter times returned.