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Wet

/wɛt/

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noun

  1. Liquid or moisture.
  2. Rainy weather.
  3. Rainy season. (often capitalized)
  4. (UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
  5. An alcoholic drink.
  6. One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
  7. (in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.

verb

  1. To cover or impregnate with liquid.
  2. To accidentally urinate in or on.
  3. To make or become wet.
  4. (soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
  5. To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
  6. To kill or seriously injure.

adjective

  1. Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
  2. Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
  3. Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
  4. Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
  5. Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
  6. Of weather or a time period: rainy.
  7. Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
  8. (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
  9. Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
  10. (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
  11. Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
  12. Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
  13. Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
  14. Involving assassination or "wet work".

Synonyms: damp, raining, rainy, damp, saturated, soaked, drip, feeble, hopeless, useless, green, wet behind the ears, horny, moist, inebriated, soused, wetting

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