Wet — Defs

01 a. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet la…

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.
2.
Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
3.
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.(Chem.)
4.
Refreshed with liquor; drunk.[Slang]

Phrases & compounds

Wet blanket — See under Blanket, Dock, etc.

Wet goods — intoxicating liquors.

Syn. Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.

02 n. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

1.
Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
“Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet.” — Chaucer.

“Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant.” — Milton.
2.
Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
3.
A dram; a drink.[Slang]

03 v. t. 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 i…

imp. & p. p. Wet; p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting

1.
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.
“Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.” — Milton.

“Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.” — Walton.

Phrases & compounds

To wet one's whistle — to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor.