wet
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Adjective 4 meanings
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
“Water is wet.”
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
“I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.”
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
“This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.”
Noun 4 meanings
Liquid or moisture.
Rainy weather.
“Don't go out in the wet.”
Rainy season. (often capitalized)
An alcoholic drink.
Verb 4 meanings
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
To make or become wet.
To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
“Johnny wets the bed several times a week.”
To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
Etymology
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).
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WET at a glance
WET has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,753 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wet
All rhymes- OVERWET13
- CHEWET14
- UNWET8
- REWET8
- BEWET10
- BOWET10
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