Definition of 'wet'

Noun

1. wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"
      Synonyms: moisture

Verb

1. cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
      Antonyms: dry dry out
2. make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

Adjective

1. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
      Antonyms: dry
2. containing moisture or volatile components; " wet paint"
      Antonyms: dry
3. supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
      Antonyms: dry
4. producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
      Synonyms: lactating
      Antonyms: dry
5. consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
6. very drunk
      Synonyms: besotted blind drunk blotto crocked cockeyed fuddled loaded pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered potty slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiffy stiff tiddly tiddley tight tipsy

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