English English Dictionary

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Result for Wet

Wet (superl.)

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.

Wet (superl.)

Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.

Wet (superl.)

Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.

Wet (superl.)

Refreshed with liquor; drunk.

Wet (a.)

Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

Wet (a.)

Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

Wet (a.)

A dram; a drink.

Wet (imp. & p. p.)

of Wet

Wet (v. t.)

To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.