Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: Liquid or moisture.
Definition: Rainy weather.
Example: Don’t go out in the wet.
Definition: Rainy season. (often capitalized)
Definition: (UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Antonyms: dry,
Definition: An alcoholic drink.
Definition: One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
Definition: (in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
verb
Definition: To cover or impregnate with liquid.
Definition: To accidentally urinate in or on.
Example: Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
Definition: To make or become wet.
Definition: (soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
Definition: To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
Definition: To kill or seriously injure.
Example: Wet ’em up!
adjective
Definition: Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Example: Water is wet.
Synonyms: wetting,
Definition: Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Example: I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
Synonyms: damp, saturated, soaked,
Antonyms: dry,
Definition: Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Definition: Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
Example: This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
Definition: Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
Definition: Of weather or a time period: rainy.
Example: It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
Synonyms: damp, raining, rainy,
Antonyms: dry, sunny,
Definition: Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Example: That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
Synonyms: green, wet behind the ears,
Definition: (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
Example: He got me all wet.
Synonyms: horny, moist,
Definition: Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Example: Don’t be so wet.
Synonyms: drip, feeble, hopeless, useless,
Definition: (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
Definition: Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
Synonyms: inebriated, soused,
Definition: Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
Antonyms: dry,
Definition: Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
Example: the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed
Definition: Involving assassination or “wet work”.
Example: a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff