wetting

n. making moist

v. soak in water; moisten; be soaked in water; urinate in bed; urinate

Wetting is the contact between a fluid and a surface, when the two are brought into contact. When a liquid has a high surface tension (strong internal bonds), it will form a droplet, whereas a liquid with low surface tension will spread out over a greater area (bonding to the surface). On the other hand, if a surface has a high surface energy (or surface tension), a drop will spread, or wet, the surface. If the surface has a low surface energy, a droplet will form. This phenomenon is a result of the minimization of interfacial energy. If the surface has a high energy, it will want to be covered with a liquid because this interface will lower its energy, and so on.
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Noun
1. the act of making something wet
(hypernym) change of state
(hyponym) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
(derivation) wet
2. a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak"
(synonym) leak, making water, passing water
(hypernym) micturition, urination

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

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wet
  

the degree to wich a liquid maintains contact with a surface. Poor wetting is indicated by liquids beeding up on a surface and good wetting is indicated by a continuous sheet of liquid forming on the surface.