wet
[wet]
adjective, wet·ter, wet·test, noun, verb, wet or wet·ted, wet·ting.
–adjective
1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
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 .
a.intoxicated.
b.marked by drinking: a wet night.
9.using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.
–noun
10.something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture: The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.
11.damp weather; rain: Stay out of the wet as much as possible.
12.a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
13. Informal: Disparaging and Offensive . a wetback.
–verb (used with object)
14.to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down ): Wet your hands before soaping them.
15.to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet.
–verb (used without object)
16.to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down ): Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet. My jacket has wet through.
17.(of animals and children) to urinate.
—Idioms
18.all wet, Informal . completely mistaken; in error: He insisted that our assumptions were all wet.
19.wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green: She was too wet behind the ears to bear such responsibilities.
20.wet one’s whistle. whistle ( def. 16 ) .
21. wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.