wet

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Adjective

1. Made up of [[liquid#Noun|liquid]] or [[moisture]], usually (but not always) water.
2. Of an [[object#Noun|object]], etc.: [[cover#Verb|covered]] or [[impregnate]]d with liquid, usually (but not always) [[water#Noun|water]].
3. Of a [[burrito]], [[sandwich#Noun|sandwich]], or other [[food]]: [[cover#Verb|covered]] in a [[sauce]].
4. Of [[calligraphy]] and [[fountain pen]]s: [[deposit#Verb|depositing]] a large amount of [[ink#Noun|ink]] from the [[nib]] or the [[feed#Noun|feed]].
5. Of a [[sound#Noun|sound]] [[recording#Noun|recording]]: having had [[audio]] [[effect#Noun|effects]] [[apply|applied]].
6. Of [[weather#Noun|weather]] or a [[time#Noun|time]] [[period]]: [[rainy]].
7. {{lb|en|aviation}} Using [[afterburner]]s or water injection for increased [[engine]] [[thrust]].
8. {{lb|en|slang}} Of a person: [[inexperienced]] in a [[profession]] or [[task#Noun|task]]; having the [[characteristic#Noun|characteristics]] of a [[rookie]].
9. {{senseid|en|sexually aroused, including with vaginal secretions}} {{lb|en|slang|vulgar|of a female}} [[sexually|Sexually]] [[aroused]] and thus having the [[vulva]] moistened with vaginal secretions.
10. {{lb|en|Britain|slang}} [[ineffectual|Ineffectual]], [[feeble]], showing no [[strength]] of [[character]].
11. {{lb|en|retronym}} [[permit#Verb|Permitting]] [[alcoholic]] [[beverage]]s.
12. {{lb|en|slang|archaic}} [[refresh|Refreshed]] with [[liquor]]; [[drunk#Adjective|drunk]].

Noun

1. [[liquid|Liquid]] or [[moisture]].
2. [[rainy|Rainy]] weather.
3. {{lb|en|Australia}} [[rainy|Rainy]] season. (often capitalized)
4. {{lb|en|British|UK politics|pejorative}} A [[moderate]] [[Conservative]]; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
5. {{lb|en|colloquial}} An [[alcoholic]] drink.
6. {{lb|en|US|colloquial}} One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes [[Prohibition]].
7. {{lb|en|motor racing|in the plural}} A [[tyre]] for use in wet [[weather]].
8. {{lb|en|colloquial|derogatory}} A [[weak]] or [[sentimental]] person; a [[wimp]] or [[softie]].
9. {{alternative form of|en|wat|gloss=stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cover or [[impregnate]] with liquid.
2. {{senseid|en|make wet}} {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive}} To make or become wet.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental [[urination]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|soldering}} To form an [[intermetallic]] bond between a [[solder]] and a metal [[substrate]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[celebrate]] by drinking alcohol.
6. {{lb|en|US|MLE|MTE|slang}} To [[kill]] or seriously [[injure]].
7. {{misspelling of|en|whet}}.

Phrase

1. {{lb|en|software engineering}} {{acronym of|en|[[write]] [[everything]] [[twice]]|addl=a humorous {{glossary|backronym}} coined to serve as the {{glossary|antonym}} of [[DRY]], punning on the opposition of [[wet]] and [[dry]]}}.

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