wetting

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
   • There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent.1941 December, G. H. Soole, “The Mountain Section of the C.P.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 530

   Synonyms:

   drench, get wet, soak, sog

2. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become wet.
   • I try to show emotion, but my eyes won't seem to wet2008, “Be Nice To Me”, in I Hate My Friends, performed by The Front Bottoms

   Synonyms:

   dampen, dew, get wet, moisten

3. (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
   • Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
4. (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
5. (informal, transitive) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
   • to wet the baby’s head
6. (Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
   • I'm coming to get ya, I'm coming to get ya / Spitting out lyrics, homie, I'll wet ya1992 May 5, House of Pain, “Jump Around” (track 2), in House of Pain

   Synonyms:

   do away with, do violence to, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for

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