wet (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

English 9 senses of the word *wet*:
ADJECTIVE	all	wet	covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
all	wet	containing moisture or volatile components
all	wet	supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
all	wet, lactating	producing or secreting milk
all	wet	consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
all	wet, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight	very drunk
VERB	change	wet	cause to become wet
body	wet	make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
NOUN	state	wet, moisture	wetness caused by water

wet pronunciation
Sounds	weh't
Rhymes	abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht...

Englishwet: 9 senses adjective 1
Meaning	Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
Examples	"a wet bathing suit" "wet sidewalks" "wet weather"
Attribute of	wetness	The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water)
Narrower	bedewed, dewy	wet with dew
	besprent	sprinkled over
	boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged	(of soil) soft and watery
	clammy, dank	unpleasantly cool and humid
	damp, dampish, moist	slightly wet
	drippy, drizzly	wet with light rain
	humid	Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
	misty	wet with mist
	muggy, steamy, sticky	Hot or warm and humid
	reeking, watery	wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
	rheumy	moist, damp, wet (especially of air)
	showery, rainy	(of weather) wet by periods of rain
	sloppy	wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
	sodden, soppy	wet through and through
	steaming, steamy	Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist
	sticky	moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
	tacky	(of a glutinous liquid / liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
	undried	Still wet or moist
	washed	wet as from washing
	watery	Filled with water
Opposite	dry	Free from liquid / liquid or moisture
Spanish	empapado, húmedo, mojado
Catalan	humit, moll, xopat
Nouns	wetness	the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water)

Englishwet: 9 senses adjective 2
Meaning	Containing moisture or volatile components.
Example	"wet paint"
Opposite	dry	lacking moisture or volatile components
Nouns	wet	wetness caused by water
Nouns	wetness	the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water)

Englishwet: 9 senses adjective 3
Meaning	supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Examples	"a wet candidate running on a wet platform" "a wet county"
Opposite	dry	Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages

Englishwet: 9 senses adjective 4
Meaning	producing or secreting milk.
Examples	"a wet nurse" "a wet cow"
Synonym	lactating
Narrower	fresh	Having recently calved and therefore / therefore able to give milk
Opposite	dry	not producing milk

Englishwet: 9 senses adjective 5
Meaning	Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor.
Examples	"a wet cargo" "a wet canteen"
Broader	alcoholic	Characteristic of or containing alcohol

Englishwet: 9 senses adjective 6
Meaning	Very drunk.
Synonyms	besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight
Broader	intoxicated, drunk, inebriated, ripped, gone	stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Usage of	slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular	A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Spanish	achispado, ajumado, borracho, ciego, curda, curdela, mamado, pedo, piripí, trompa
Catalan	borratxo, gat, mamat, mullat, pet, pilloc, pitof, trompa, xop

Englishwet: 9 senses noun 1, state
Meaning	wetness caused by water.
Example	"drops of wet gleamed on the window"
Synonym	moisture
Broader	wetness	The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water)
Spanish	humedad
Catalan	humitat
Adjectives	wet	containing moisture or volatile components
Verbs	wet	cause to become wet

Englishwet: 9 senses verb 1, change
Meaning	Cause to become wet.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Example	"Wet your face"
Narrower	bedew	Cover with drops of dew or as with dew
	douse, dowse	wet thoroughly
	drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse	Cover with liquid / liquid
	moisten, wash, dampen	make moist
	sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle	scatter with liquid / liquid
	squirt	wet with a spurt of liquid / liquid
	water, irrigate	Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	dry, dry out	Remove the moisture from and make dry
Spanish	humedecer, mojar
Catalan	humitejar, mullar, remullar
Nouns	wet	wetness caused by water
	wetter	a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
	wetting	the act of making something wet

Englishwet: 9 senses verb 2, body
Meaning	make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
Broader	make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water	Eliminate urine
Nouns	wetter	someone suffering from enuresis

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