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wet down

wet down verb: to make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it. Also the alternative form of wetdown.

Verb

wet down (third-person singular simple present wets down, present participle wetting down, simple past and past participle wet down or wetted down)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it.
    • […] the cabin torn away, and the ward-room all aslop from wetting down the decks while passing powder.1859, William Maxwell Wood, Fankwei, page 432

Also used as

wet down is also the alternative form of wetdown.

Forms of wet down

third-person singular presentwets down
present participlewetting down
past participlewet down
pastwet down
past participlewetted down
pastwetted down

Words formed from wet down

Questions about wet down

What does wet down mean?
Wet down means to make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it.
What part of speech is wet down?
Wet down is a verb.
What is the past tense of wet down?
The past tense of wet down is wet down.

Words near wet down in the dictionary

  1. wet coughs
  2. wet cupping
  3. wet dock
  4. wet docks
  5. wet dog shakes
  6. wet down
  7. wet dream
  8. wet dreamed
  9. wet dreaming
  10. wet dreams
  11. wet dreamt

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