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wetted the bed

wetted the bed is the simple past and past participle 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 wetted the bed

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

Words near wetted the bed in the dictionary

  1. wetted one's clay
  2. wetted one's pants
  3. wetted one's whistle
  4. wetted out
  5. wetted the baby's head
  6. wetted the bed
  7. wetted the other eye
  8. wetted the shamrock
  9. wetted through
  10. wetten
  11. wettened

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