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- [wet]
- /wɛt/
- /wet/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wet]
- /wɛt/
Definitions of wet word
- adjective wet moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands. 1
- adjective wet in a liquid form or state: wet paint. 1
- adjective wet characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid. 1
- adjective wet moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous. 1
- adjective wet allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town. 1
- adjective wet characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season. 1
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Origin of wet
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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 water
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Parts of speech for Wet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wet
noun wet
- rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- drizzle — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
adjective wet
- soaked — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- soaking — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- drenched — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- sodden — soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
- soggy — soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
verb wet
- dampen — To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- moisten — Wet slightly.
- soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- drench — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- douse — to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
Antonyms for wet
noun wet
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- dryness — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
adjective wet
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- dehydrated — (of organisms) deprived of vital water or moisture
verb wet
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
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