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wets the bed

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

Meaning of wet the bed

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To urinate in one's bed (during sleep).
    • Unsecure is what she was. She wetted the bed a lot, and always she was sucking on her thumb.1998 November, Bethany Campbell [pseudonym; Sally Lea McCluskey], Hear No Evil, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 238
  2. (euphemistic) To go bad, to fail. Often said of machines; a euphemism for shit the bed.

Questions about wets the bed

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

Words near wets the bed in the dictionary

  1. wets one's pants
  2. wets one's whistle
  3. wets oneself
  4. wets out
  5. wets the baby's head
  6. wets the bed
  7. wets the other eye
  8. wets the shamrock
  9. wets through
  10. wetscape
  11. wetscapes

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