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wet

adjective · noun · verb

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01adjective

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

“a wet bathing suit”

“wet sidewalks”

02adjective

containing moisture or volatile components

“wet paint”

03adjective

supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages

“a wet candidate running on a wet platform”

“a wet county”

04adjective

producing or secreting milk

“a wet nurse”

“a wet cow”

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05adjective

consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor

“a wet cargo”

“a wet canteen”

06adjective

very drunk

07noun

wetness caused by water

“drops of wet gleamed on the window”

08verb

cause to become wet

“Wet your face”

09verb

make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

“This eight year old boy still wets his bed”

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