wet

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English wett (“wet, moistened”), past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-Germanic *wētanan (“to water, wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed-, *wod- (“wet”), *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”). More at water.

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wet (comparative wetter, superlative wettest)

  1. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
    I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
  2. Of weather or a day, rainy.
    It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
  3. Made up of liquid or moisture.
    Water is wet.
  4. (informal) Of a person, ineffectual.
    Don't be so wet.
  5. (slang) Of a woman, sexually aroused.
    He got me all wet.
  6. (slang, of a person) Inexperienced in a task or profession; having the characteristics of a rookie.
    That guy's wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
  7. (of a scientist or his laboratory) Working with chemical or biological matter.
  8. Permitting alcoholic beverages, as during Prohibition.
    • 1995, Richard F. Hamm, Shaping the Eighteenth Amendment
      The wet states would be "the greatest beneficiaries" because the amendment would root out the liquor traffic within their cities.
  9. (of a burrito) covered in a sauce
    • 2000, Robert Allen Palmatier, Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms, page 372
      A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito.
    • 2005, Restaurant business, Volume 104, Issues 1-10
      The new item is its first "wet," or sauce-topped, burrito.
    • 2011, J. Gabriel Gates, Charlene Keel, Dark Territory, page 13
      But I'm getting the wet burrito.” Ignacio looked down at some sort of a tomato sauce–covered tortilla tube.
    I hate wet burritos covered in salsa but love them drenched with crema!

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  • (covered with liquid): dry
  • (of weather or a day): dry
  • (of a scientist or lab): dry

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Terms derived from wet (adjective)

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of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
of weather: rainy (See rainy)
made of liquid or moisture
of a person: ineffectual
of a woman: sexually aroused
of a scientist or lab: working with chemical or biological matter
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[edit] Noun

wet (plural wets)

  1. Liquid or moisture.
  2. Rainy weather.
    Don't go out in the wet.
  3. (UK, pejorative) A moderate Conservative.

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pejorative: moderate Conservative

[edit] Verb

wet (third-person singular simple present wets, present participle wetting, simple past and past participle wet or wetted)

  1. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
  2. (transitive) To urinate accidentally in or on.
    Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
  3. (intransitive) To become wet

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cover or impregnate with liquid
urinate accidentally in or on
become wet
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wet f. (plural wetten, diminutive wetje)

  1. law (rule)
  2. law (body of rules declared and/or enforced by a government)
  3. law (physics)

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wet

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of wetten.
  2. imperative of wetten.
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