wetting

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwɛtɪŋ/, [ˈwɛɾɪŋ]
  • Homophone: wedding

Verb

wetting

  1. present participle of wet

Noun

wetting (plural wettings)

  1. The act of making something wet.
    • 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)
      It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]
  2. The act of accidental urination on or in something.

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Adjective

wetting (not comparable)

  1. That makes (something) wet.

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