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wet (verb)

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  • wet — verb. The form of the past tense and past participle is wet or wetted. Wet is used in certain familiar contexts (He wet the bed / After they had wet their whistles [= had a drink]), but in general use wetted seems now to be more common,… …   Modern English usage

  • wet — adverb see sow dry and set wet verb see the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • wet*/*/*/ — [wet] adj I 1) covered with water or another liquid You d better come in or you ll get wet.[/ex] My socks and shoes were soaking wet (= very wet).[/ex] Her forehead was wet with sweat.[/ex] Where have you been? You re wet through (= completely… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • wet — ► ADJECTIVE (wetter, wettest) 1) covered or saturated with liquid. 2) (of the weather) rainy. 3) involving the use of water or liquid. 4) (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet having dried or hardened. 5) Brit. informal lacking forcefulness or strength… …   English terms dictionary

  • wet lease — ➔ lease2 * * * Ⅰ. wet lease UK US noun [C] TRANSPORT ► an agreement to pay to use an aircraft with a crew, fuel, and insurance → Compare DRY LEASE(Cf. ↑d …   Financial and business terms

  • wet- — *wet germ.?, Verb: nhd. netzen, quellen; ne. moisten well (Verb); Hinweis: s. *wēta ; Etymologie: s. ing. *au̯ēd , Verb, wehen, blasen, lüften, Pokorny 83; vergleiche …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • wet-blan|ket — wet blanket, a person or thing that has a discouraging or depressing effect. SYNONYM(S): killjoy. »With his gloomy personality, he was a wet blanket at any party or gathering he attended. wet blan|ket «WEHT BLANG kiht», transitive verb. to throw… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wet-nurse — wet ,nurse verb transitive to be a child s wet nurse a. to treat an adult like a child, especially by protecting or helping them too much …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • wet oneself — Verb. To laugh heartily, to find something particularly amuzing. A shortening of wet oneself laughing. E.g. I wet myself when I saw how ridiculous she looked in that hat. Cf. piss oneself laughing …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • wet-lease — wetˈ lease transitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑wet …   Useful english dictionary

  • wet one's whistle — verb To have a drink; to quench ones thirst. Ill take another glass of the sherry wine, just to wet my whistle, as the vulgar saying is, before I begin …   Wiktionary

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