English

Etymology
Old English wæt|wǣt

Pronunciation
enPR|w�t, IPA|/w�t/, SAMPA|/wEt/
audio|en-us-wet.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�t

Homophones
whet (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Adjective
en-adj|wett|er

1. Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.

#: I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.

1. Of weather or a day, rainy.

#: It�s going to be wet tomorrow.

1. Made up of liquid or moisture.

#: Water is wet.

1. informal Of a person, ineffectual.

#: Don't be so wet.

1. slang Of a woman, sexually aroused.

#: He got me all wet.

Synonyms
italbrac|covered with liquid: damp, saturated, soaked
italbrac|of weather or a day: damp, raining, rainy
italbrac|made up of liquid: wetting
italbrac|of a person: feeble, hopeless, ineffectual, useless

Antonyms
italbrac|covered with liquid: dry
italbrac|of weather or a day: dry

Derived terms
wet behind the ears
wet blanket
wetting agent

Slovak: mokrý m, mokrá f, mokré n
Slovenian: moker
Spanish: t+|es|mojado
Swedish: t+|sv|våt, t+|sv|blöt
Tagalog: basa
Telugu: తడి (taDi)
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trans-top|of weather: rainy (See rainy)
Hebrew: he-translation|ר���|ratóv/ratúv m
Finnish: t+|fi|märkä
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Norwegian: t-|no|vått, t-|no|regnfullt
Romanian: t-|ro|ploios
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trans-top|made of liquid or moisture
Crimean Tatar: cıbıtmek
Dutch: t+|nl|nat, t+|nl|natte
Esperanto: t-|eo|malseka|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|märkä
German: nass (alternative na�)
Hebrew: he-translation|ר���|ratóv/ratúv m, he-translation|ר����|retuvá f
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Norwegian: t+|no|våt, t-|no|fuktig
Old English: t-|ang|wæt|altwǣt|xsOld English
Romanian: t-|ro|ud
Swedish: våt, vätande
Telugu: తడి (taDi)
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trans-top|of a person: ineffectual
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trans-top|of a woman: sexually aroused
Finnish: t+|fi|märkä
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Breton: gleb
ttbc|Estonian: märg#Estonian|märg
ttbc|Welsh: gwlyb
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Noun
en-noun

1. liquid|Liquid or moisture.
2. rainy|Rainy weather.

#: Don't go out in the wet.

1. context|UK|pejorative A moderate Conservative.

Translations
trans-top|pejorative: moderate Conservative
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Verb
en-verb|wets|wetting|wet or wetted

1. transitive To cover or impregnate with liquid.
2. transitive To urinate accidentally in or on.

#: Johnny wets the bed several times a week.

1. intransitive To become wet

Derived terms
wet oneself
wet one's whistle

Translations
trans-top|cover or impregnate with liquid
Dutch: natmaken
Esperanto: t-|eo|malsekigi|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: märg#Estonian|märjaks tegema, niisutama
Finnish: t+|fi|kastella
French: t+|fr|mouiller
German: befeuchten, durchnässen, nass machen
Hebrew: he-translation|�ר���|hirtív
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Italian: t+|it|bagnare
Korean: ��� (jeoksida)
Romanian: t-|ro|uda
Russian: мо�и�� (mo�ít�)
Slovak: namo�iť
Swedish: fukta, blöta, väta
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trans-top|urinate accidentally in or on
Dutch: plassen
Finnish: t+|fi|kastella
German: nässen, nass machen
Hebrew: he-translation|�ר���|hirtív
Italian: t+|it|bagnare
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Japanese: t-|ja|濡��|trnurasu|scJpan
Korean: ��� (jeoksida)
Romanian: t-|ro|uda
Russian: мо�и�� (mo�ít�)
Slovak: mo�iť
Spanish: t-|es|mearse
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trans-top|become wet
Finnish: t-|fi|kastua
German: nass werden
Hebrew: he-translation|נר��|nirt&aacute;v
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Japanese: 濡�� (���, nureru)
Korean: �� (jeojda, jeot-)
Romanian: t-|ro|uda, t+|ro|excita
Slovak: zmoknúť
Swedish: vätas
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ttbc|Breton: glebiañ
ttbc|Indonesian: basah

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English homophones
Category:English verbs which are their own past participle

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/��t/

Noun
nl-noun|g=m|wetten|wetje

1. law (rule)
2. law physics

Derived terms
grondwet

Category:Liquids

ar:wet
es:wet
fa:wet
fr:wet
io:wet
id:wet
it:wet
ku:wet
hu:wet
nl:wet
pl:wet
ru:wet
simple:wet
fi:wet
sv:wet
ta:wet
te:wet
vi:wet
tr:wet
uk:wet
zh:wet

• 2007-12-17 09:43 - Tbot - added t for id, ku, pl, sv, nl

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