wet
n.
wetness; moisture, dampness; rain; rainy weather
n.
(Informal) person who supports the selling of alcoholic drinks (USA)
adj.
moist; damp; rainy; drunk (Slang); (Informal) supports selling alcoholic drinks (in the USA)
v.
soak in water; moisten; be soaked in water; urinate in bed; urinate
Wet
wet
Noun
1. wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"
(synonym) moisture
(hypernym) wetness
Verb
1. cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
(antonym) dry, dry out
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) bedew
(derivation) moisture
2. make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
(hypernym) make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
(derivation) bedwetter, bed wetter, wetter
Adjective
1. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet weather"
(antonym) dry
(similar) bedewed, dewy
(attribute) wetness
2. supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
(antonym) dry
3. producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
(synonym) lactating
(antonym) dry
(similar) fresh
4. consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
(similar) alcoholic
5. very drunk
(synonym) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy
(similar) intoxicated, drunk, inebriated
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
wet (de)
n.
law, act, enactment, lex, statute
weten
v.
know, wit, wot
wetten
v.
whet, sharpen
wijten
v.
blame
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.
(superl.)
Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
(superl.)
Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
(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.
(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.
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wet
(a.)
Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
(a.)
Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
(a.)
A dram; a drink.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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