Wet

Wet (wet) , adjective

[Old English wet, weet, Anglo-Saxon wat; akin to OFries. wēt, Icelandic vātr, Swedish våt, Danish vaad, and English water. r137. See Water.]

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.

Wet cheeks. — Shakespeare

Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.

Wet October's torrent flood. — Milton

(Chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.

Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] — Prior

Collocations (2)

Wet blanket or Wet dock , etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.

Wet goods , intoxicating liquors. [Slang]

Wet , noun

[Anglo-Saxon wata. See Wet, a.]

Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. — Chaucer

Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant. — Milton

Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

A dram; a drink. [Slang]

Wet , transitive verb

[Anglo-Saxon watan.]

To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.

[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper. — Burke

Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise... Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. — Milton

Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. — Walton

Collocations (1)

To wet one's whistle , to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloquial]