wet
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,656 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,973 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- covered or soaked with a liquid such as water a wet bathing suitwet sidewalks
- containing moisture or volatile components wet paint
- supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages a wet candidate running on a wet platforma wet county
- producing or secreting milk also: lactating a wet nursea wet cow
- consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor a wet cargoa wet canteen
- very drunk also: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled
verb
- cause to become wet Wet your face
- make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating This eight year old boy still wets his bed
wet in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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What is your view as to the provision of suitable places for wet umbrellas?
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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At last came a very wet summer, and everything went wrong in the country around.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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He helped Kit dress, but Kit's clothes were still a little wet in the thick parts.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Never had his family seen him thus,--livid, his cravat undone, his hair wet with perspiration, and clinging to his temples.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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One foot was wet to the ankle, and a thin strip of green seaweed had wound itself around his trousers.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1