Definition of wets Wets

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What does wets mean?

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  • wets (Noun)
    Plural of wet.

Part of speech

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  • wets, verb, present, 3rd person singular of wet (infinitive).
  • wets, noun, plural of wet.

WordNet

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Verb

wets, wetting, wet  

wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
  dry, dry out remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
  modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
  bedew cover with drops of dew or as with dew
  dowse, drench, sop, souse, douse, soak use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
  moisten, dampen, wash make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
  irrigate, water supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
  besprinkle, sparge, sprinkle agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"
  squirt wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
  dowse, douse use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
  wee-wee, wee, take a leak, spend a penny, relieve oneself, piss, pee-pee, pee, pass water, micturate, make water, piddle, urinate, puddle, make waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

Adjective

wet, wetter, wettest

wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
  dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
  bedewed, dewy wet with dew
  besprent sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
  boggy, swampy, sloughy, waterlogged, quaggy, miry, marshy, mucky, soggy, squashy, muddy, sloppy (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
  clammy, dank unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
  damp, dampish, moist slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
  sodden, soppy wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
  drizzly, drippy leaking in drops; "a drippy faucet"
  humid containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"
  misty wet with mist; "the misty evening"
  muggy, steamy, sticky hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"
  reeking, watery giving off a strong unpleasant smell
  rheumy moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and theumy damp of night air"
  sloppy lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
  rainy, showery (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days"
  steaming, steamy filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist; "a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels"
  sticky covered with an adhesive material
  tacky (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
  undried still wet or moist
  washed clean by virtue of having been washed in water
wet - containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint"
wet - producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
  lactating
  dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
wet - consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
wet - supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
wet - very drunk
  besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight
  inebriated, drunk, intoxicated stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • 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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • wet
    Covered with or impregnated with liquid.
  • wet
    (Of the air) Containing a high quantity of water vapor.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • wet
    The owners and master of a ship are liable for all damage by wet. (See STOWAGE.)

Part of speech

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  • wet, verb, present, 1st person singular of wet (infinitive).
  • wet, verb (infinitive).
  • wet, verb, past participle of wet (infinitive).
  • wet, verb, past simple of wet (infinitive).
  • wet, noun, singular of wets.
  • wet, adjective.

Pronunciation

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Sign Language

wets in sign language
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