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wetting the bed

wetting the bed is the present participle and gerund 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 wetting the bed

What is wetting the bed the present participle and gerund of?
Wetting the bed is the present participle and gerund of wet the bed.

Words near wetting the bed in the dictionary

  1. wetting one's pants
  2. wetting one's whistle
  3. wetting oneself
  4. wetting out
  5. wetting the baby's head
  6. wetting the bed
  7. wetting the other eye
  8. wetting the shamrock
  9. wetting through
  10. wetting-down
  11. Wettingen

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