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wets down

wets down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet down.

Meaning of wet down

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

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What is wets down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wets down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet down.

Words near wets down in the dictionary

  1. wetproofs
  2. wetroom
  3. wetrooms
  4. wetrot
  5. wets
  6. wets down
  7. wets one's beak
  8. wets one's clay
  9. wets one's pants
  10. wets one's whistle
  11. wets oneself

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