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wet
[ wet ]
adjective
- moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid:
wet hands.
Antonyms:
- in a liquid form or state:
wet paint.
- characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
- moistened or dampened with rain; rainy:
Wet streets make driving hazardous.
Synonyms:
- allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages:
a wet town.
- characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.:
the wet season.
- laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor:
There was a wet breeze from the west.
Synonyms:
- Informal.
- marked by drinking:
a wet night.
- using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
noun
- something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
Synonyms:
- damp weather; rain:
Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
Synonyms:
- a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. wetback.
verb (used with object)
- to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down ):
Wet your hands before soaping them.
- to urinate on or in:
The dog had wet the carpet.
verb (used without object)
- to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down ):
Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
- (of animals and children) to urinate.
wet
/ 飞蓻迟 /
adjective
- moistened, covered, saturated, etc, with water or some other liquid
- not yet dry or solid
wet varnish
- rainy, foggy, misty, or humid
wet weather
- employing a liquid, usually water
a wet method of chemical analysis
- characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages
a wet state
- informal.feeble or foolish
- wet behind the ears informal.immature or inexperienced; naive
noun
- wetness or moisture
- damp or rainy weather
- informal.a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner Compare dry
- informal.a feeble or foolish person
- a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages
- the wet(in northern and central Australia) the rainy season
verb
- to make or become wet
- to urinate on (something)
- dialect.tr to prepare (tea) by boiling or infusing
- wet one's whistle informal.to take an alcoholic drink
Derived Forms
- 藢飞别迟迟补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
- 藞飞别迟迟颈蝉丑, adjective
- 藞飞别迟濒测, adverb
- 藞飞别迟迟补产濒别, adjective
- 藞飞别迟迟别谤, noun
- 藞飞别迟苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 飞别迟顎僱测 adverb
- 飞别迟顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
- 飞别迟顎僼别谤 noun
- 飞别迟顎僼颈蝉丑 adjective
- 苍辞苍路飞别迟顎僼别诲 adjective
- 谤别路飞别迟顎 verb rewet or rewetted rewetting
- 耻苍路飞别迟顎 adjective
- 耻苍路飞别迟顎僼ed adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of wet1
Idioms and Phrases
- all wet, Informal. completely mistaken; in error:
He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.
She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
- wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.
- wet one's whistle. whistle ( def 15 ).
More idioms and phrases containing wet
- all wet
- get one's feet wet
- like (wet as) a drowned rat
- mad as a hornet (wet hen)
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He is based in Townsville, the regional centre of an area known for a rain-drenched, hot, humid wet season from January to March.
"Last year we had a mild winter, warm spring and then we had a wet summer 鈥 and that's not good for wildlife that's learned to adapt to a certain climate pattern," he told BBC Breakfast.
And he's leading the championship despite his unfortunate escapade on the wet grass in Melbourne, which dropped him to ninth at the flag having been challenging Norris for the lead from the start.
As Tommy鈥檚 eyes well up and he runs a wet cloth against Joel鈥檚 skin, we get a close-up of Joel鈥檚 arm and the old, broken military watch on his wrist.
The system enabled the district to increase its capacity and store more water during wet years in Diamond Valley Lake, Southern California鈥檚 largest reservoir, which can hold about 260 billion gallons of water.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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