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wet through

wet through adjective: soaked, very wet (such that water gets through the clothes to reach the skin).

Adjective

wet through (comparative wetter through, superlative wettest through)

  1. soaked, very wet (such that water gets through the clothes to reach the skin)
    • If you stay out in the rain, you will get wet through.
    • In an hour, maybe more, you'll be wet clear through / The air is cooler now, pull your hat brim further down.1981, Stan Rogers, “The Field Behind the Plow”, in Northwest Passage

Verb

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

  1. To soak or drench thoroughly

Synonyms of wet through

Forms of wet through

Adjective
comparativewetter through
superlativewettest through
Verb
third-person singular presentwets through
present participlewetting through
past participlewet through
pastwet through
past participlewetted through
pastwetted through

Questions about wet through

What does wet through mean?
Wet through means soaked, very wet (such that water gets through the clothes to reach the skin).
What part of speech is wet through?
Wet through can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near wet through in the dictionary

  1. wet tech
  2. wet the baby's head
  3. wet the bed
  4. wet the other eye
  5. wet the shamrock
  6. wet through
  7. Wet Toast Eagles
  8. wet weed
  9. wet well
  10. wet wells
  11. wet willies

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