Wetting

4 definitions found

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

  Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
     To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
     to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
     surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
     wet the hands; to wet cloth. "[The scene] did draw tears from


     me and wetted my paper." --Burke.
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           Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
           Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
           Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
                                                    --Milton.
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     {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
        dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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              Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                    --Walton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wetting
       See {wet}

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]:

  wetting
       n 1: the act of making something wet
       2: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: {leak},
           {making water}, {passing water}]