wet

Also used as

wet is also the alternative form of wat.

wet is also the misspelling of whet.

wet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of wet in a sentence

• Parents and small children can stay cool and soaking wet at interactive water playgrounds.2013 July 31, Thom Patterson, “How to get soaking wet this summer”, in CNN:
• But I'm getting the wet burrito.” Ignacio looked down at some sort of a tomato sauce–covered tortilla tube.2011, J. Gabriel Gates, Charlene Keel, Dark Territory, page 13
• February 2020 was officially the wettest February on record for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the second wettest (behind 1990) for Scotland.2020 May 20, Paul Stephen, “NR beats floods to secure tracks to Drax”, in Rail, page 58:
• He is wet if he doesn't show at least a tendency to dissipate, but he isn't wet if he dissipates to excess.1924, Percy Marks, chapter XVII, in The Plastic Age:

All 40 example sentences with wet

Synonyms of wet

• wetting
• damp
• saturated
• soaked
• raining
• rainy
• green
• wet behind the ears
• horny
• moist

Antonyms

• dry
• sunny

All synonyms and antonyms of wet

Forms of wet

Past tense of wet: wet or wetted

Origin of wet

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

Words formed from wet

• adequately wet
• all wet
• angry as a wet hen
• bed-wet
• draw a wet sponge across the slate
• dripping wet
• feet wet
• get one's dick wet
• get one's feet wet
• get wet
• hanging wet bag
• heavy wet
• like a wet weekend
• mad as a wet hen
• miserable as a wet hen
• pass a wet sponge over the slate
• pea wet
• ridden hard and put away wet
• ride hard and put away wet
• ride someone hard and put them away wet
• rode hard and put up wet
• soaking wet
• sopping wet
• the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet
• throw a wet blanket on
• water is wet
• way out of a wet paper bag
• wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer
• wet and messy
• wet and messy fetishism
• wet and warm
• wet arm system
• wet bag
• wet bar
• wet bargain
• wet behind the ears
• wet beriberi
• wet-blanketry
• wet blanket
• wet-blanket
• wet bob
• wet boy
• wet brain
• wet break
• wet bulb
• wet-bulb
• wet bulbing
• wet bulb temperature
• wet-bulb temperature
• wet cell
• wet check
• wet chemical
• wet chemistry
• wet cough
• wet cupping
• wet dock
• wet dog shakes
• wet dream
• wet dress rehearsal
• wet edge time

Related words

• moist
• liquid

Phrases with wet

• got wet
• wet end
• wet fly
• wet gas
• wet job
• wet lab
• wet mop
• wet out
• wet rag
• wet rot
• gets wet
• wet bags

Words that rhyme with wet

• set
• get
• rosette
• sweat
• overset
• beset
• biscuit
• lunette
• fret
• net
• jet
• upset

Questions about wet

What does wet mean?

Wet means made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.

What is wet in Hindi?

Wet in Hindi is गीला (gīlā), गीली (gīlī). See Wet meaning in Hindi.

How do you use wet in a sentence?

Parents and small children can stay cool and soaking wet at interactive water playgrounds.

What part of speech is wet?

Wet can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a phrase.

How do you pronounce wet?

Wet is pronounced /wɛt/ (UK).