Definitions for wet

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Spelling: [wet]
IPA: /wɛt/

Wet is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in wet (etw).

Definitions for wet

noun

  1. something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
  2. damp weather; rain:
  3. a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  4. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. wetback.
  5. Christian Rudolph [kris-chuh n roo-dolf,, -dawlf;; Dutch kris-tee-ahn ry-dolf] /ˈkrɪs tʃən ˈru dɒlf,, -dɔlf;; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈrü dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1854–1922, Boer general and politician.

Idioms

  1. all wet, Informal. completely mistaken; in error:
  2. wet behind the ears, immature; naive; green:
  3. wet one's whistle. whistle (def 15).
  4. wet out, to treat (fabric) with a wetting agent to increase its absorbency.

adjective

  1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid:
  2. in a liquid form or state:
  3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.
  4. moistened or dampened with rain; rainy:
  5. allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages:
  6. characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.:
  7. laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor:
  8. Informal. intoxicated. marked by drinking:
  9. using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down):
  2. to urinate on or in:

verb (used without object)

  1. to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down):
  2. (of animals and children) to urinate.

Origin of wet

before 900; Middle English wett, past participle of weten, Old English wǣtan to wet; replacing Middle English weet, Old English wǣt, cognate with Old Frisian wēt, Old Norse vātr; akin to

Examples for wet

If those dry counties get wet, those border stores could find their revenue drying up.

Do, some kind Christian, pump a stroke or two, just to wet my whistle.

William slipped into a wet suit and got into the outdoor pool, snorkelling with a group of eight-year-olds.

Hassan's eyes are red and wet, but you can't tell if it's tears or just sweat.

He turned her face up to his own again, and softly kissed her wet eyes.

Think the Frogtown settlers rinsed their tonsils with something that was “too wet to plow and too thick to drink”?

A September poll found 79 percent of likely voters “believe that counties should decide for themselves whether to be wet or dry.”

Slept in snow-drift that night in wet clothes, mercury 40 below.

While beer brings gladness, don't forget That water only makes you wet!

Because the weather was cold and wet, the ceremonies were conducted indoors.

Word Value for wet
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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