Wet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, wet·ter, wet·test.
  1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
  2. in a liquid form or state: wet paint.
  3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
  4. moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous.
  5. allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town.
  6. characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season.
  7. laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor: There was a wet breeze from the west.
  8. Informal.
  9. using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
noun
  1. something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture: The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
  2. damp weather; rain: Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
  3. a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  4. wetback.
verb (used with object), wet or wet·ted, wet·ting.
  1. to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down): Wet your hands before soaping them.
  2. to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet.
verb (used without object), wet or wet·ted, wet·ting.
  1. to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down): Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
  2. (of animals and children) to urinate.
Idioms
  1. completely mistaken; in error: He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.
  2. immature; naive; green: She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
  3. whistle (def. 15).
  4. to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.
adjective wetter or wettest
  1. moistened, covered, saturated, etc, with water or some other liquid
  2. not yet dry or solid
  3. rainy, foggy, misty, or humid
  4. employing a liquid, usually water
  5. characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages
  6. feeble or foolish
  7. immature or inexperienced; naive
noun
  1. wetness or moisture
  2. damp or rainy weather
  3. a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner
  4. a feeble or foolish person
  5. a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages
  6. (in northern and central Australia) the rainy season
verb wets, wetting, wet or wetted
  1. to make or become wet
  2. to urinate on (something)
  3. to prepare (tea) by boiling or infusing
  4. to take an alcoholic drink
Wet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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