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English adjective: wet | |||
| 1. | wet covered or soaked with a liquid such as water | ||
| Samples | A wet bathing suit. Wet sidewalks. Wet weather. | ||
| Similar | bedewed, besprent, boggy, clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, drippy, drizzly, humid, marshy, miry, misty, moist, mucky, muddy, muggy, quaggy, rainy, reeking, rheumy, showery, sloppy, sloppy, sloughy, sodden, soggy, soppy, squashy, steaming, steamy, steamy, sticky, sticky, swampy, tacky, undried, washed, waterlogged, watery, watery | ||
| Attribute | wetness | ||
| Antonyms | dry | ||
| 2. | wet containing moisture or volatile components | ||
| Samples | Wet paint. | ||
| Antonyms | dry | ||
| 3. | wet supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages | ||
| Samples | A wet candidate running on a wet platform. A wet county. | ||
| Antonyms | dry | ||
| 4. | wet producing or secreting milk | ||
| Samples | A wet nurse. A wet cow. Lactating cows. | ||
| Synonyms | lactating | ||
| Similar | fresh | ||
| Antonyms | dry | ||
| 5. | wet consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor | ||
| Samples | A wet cargo. A wet canteen. | ||
| Similar | alcoholic | ||
| Antonyms | nonalcoholic | ||
| 6. | wet very drunk | ||
| Synonyms | besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight | ||
| Similar | drunk, inebriated, intoxicated | ||
| Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular | ||
| Antonyms | sober | ||
English noun: wet | |||
| 1. | wet (state) wetness caused by water | ||
| Samples | Drops of wet gleamed on the window. | ||
| Synonyms | moisture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wetness | ||
English verb: wet | |||
| 1. | wet (change) cause to become wet | ||
| Samples | Wet your face. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedew, besprinkle, dampen, douse, douse, dowse, dowse, drench, irrigate, moisten, soak, sop, souse, sparge, sprinkle, squirt, wash, water | ||
| Antonyms | dry, dry out | ||
| 2. | wet (body) make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating | ||
| Samples | This eight year old boy still wets his bed. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | ||
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