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wetted down

wetted down is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about wetted down

What is wetted down the simple past and past participle of?
Wetted down is the simple past and past participle of wet down.

Words near wetted down in the dictionary

  1. wettability
  2. wettable
  3. wetted
  4. wetted area
  5. wetted areas
  6. wetted down
  7. wetted one's beak
  8. wetted one's clay
  9. wetted one's pants
  10. wetted one's whistle
  11. wetted out

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