- wet adj
- Fishers often wet their appetite.
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wet adj
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wet — [wet] adj. wetter, wettest [ME < OE wæt, akin to ON vatr: for IE base see WATER] 1. moistened, covered, or saturated with water or other liquid 2. rainy; foggy; misty [a wet day] 3. not yet dry [wet paint] 4 … English World dictionary
wet*/*/*/ — [wet] adj I 1) covered with water or another liquid You d better come in or you ll get wet.[/ex] My socks and shoes were soaking wet (= very wet).[/ex] Her forehead was wet with sweat.[/ex] Where have you been? You re wet through (= completely… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
wet — [adj] damp, moist aqueous, clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, dripping, drizzling, foggy, humid, misty, moistened, muggy, pouring, raining, rainy, saturate, saturated, showery, slimy, slippery, slushy, snowy, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping,… … New thesaurus
wet — adj marked by the presence or abundance of fluid (as secretions or effusions) <the wet form of age related macular degeneration> … Medical dictionary
wet — wetly, adv. wetness, n. wetter, n. wettish, adj. /wet/, adj., wetter, wettest, n., v., wet or wetted, wetting. adj. 1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water … Universalium
wet — {{11}}wet (adj.) O.E. wæt moist, liquid, from P.Gmc. *wætaz (Cf. O.Fris. wet ). Also from the O.N. form, vatr. All related to WATER (Cf. water). Wet blanket person who has a dispiriting effect is recorded from 1879, from use of blankets drenched… … Etymology dictionary
wet — wet1 W3S2 [wet] adj comparative wetter superlative wettest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(water/liquid)¦ 2¦(weather)¦ 3¦(paint/ink etc)¦ 4¦(person)¦ 5¦(baby)¦ 6 somebody is all wet 7 be wet behind the ears ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ … Dictionary of contemporary English
wet — adj., v., & n. adj. (wetter, wettest) 1 soaked, covered, or dampened with water or other liquid (a wet sponge; a wet surface; got my feet wet). 2 (of the weather etc.) rainy (a wet day). 3 (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet dried. 4 used with water… … Useful english dictionary
wet — adj. 1) dripping, soaking wet 2) wet with (wet with dew) 3) (misc.) she got her shoes wet * * * [wet] soaking wet (misc.) she got her shoes wet dripping wet with (wet with dew) … Combinatory dictionary
wet behind the ears — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not experienced; not knowing how to do something; new in a job or place. * /The new student is still wet behind the ears; he has not yet learned the tricks that the boys play on each other./ Compare: DRY BEHIND THE EARS … Dictionary of American idioms
