wet

WET, adjective [Gr., Latin ] 1. Containing water, as wet land, or a wet cloth; or having water or other liquid upon the surface, as a wet table. wet implies more water or liquid than moist or humid. 2. Rainy; as wet weather; a wet season. WET, noun 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. Wear thick shoes or pattens to keep your feet from the wet 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. WET, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive wet But wetted is sometimes used. 1. To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle or humectate; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in liquor; as, to wet a spunge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth. WET the thirsty earth with falling showrs. 2. To moisten with drink.