Wetter

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]
     [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
     v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
     {Water}.]
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     1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;


        moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
        upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
        "Wet cheeks." --Shak.
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     2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet
        October's torrent flood." --Milton.
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     3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
        other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
        distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
        fusion is employed.
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     4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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     {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},
        etc.
  
     {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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     Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wet
       adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet
              bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet
              weather" [ant: {dry}]
       2: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of
          alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet
          platform"; "a wet county" [ant: {dry}]
       3: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow";
          "lactating cows" [syn: {lactating}] [ant: {dry}]
       4: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo";
          "a wet canteen"
       5: very drunk [syn: {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}]
       n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
           window" [syn: {moisture}]
       v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: {dry}]
       2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year
          old boy still wets his bed"
       [also: {wetting}, {wetted}, {wettest}, {wetter}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wetter
       n 1: a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a
            liquid in which it is dissolved [syn: {wetting agent}, {surfactant},
             {surface-active agent}]
       2: a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
       3: someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while
          asleep in bed [syn: {bedwetter}, {bed wetter}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wetter
       See {wet}