Wet | Mean of wet in English Dictionary

/ˈwɛt/

• covered or soaked with water or another liquid
1. a pile of wet clothes/towels/leaves
2. Be careful not to slip on the wet floor.
3. My hair is still wet.
4. My shoes got wet when I stepped in the puddle.
5. The grass was wet with dew.
6. His clothes were dripping/soaking/sopping wet. [=very wet]
7. (Brit) His clothes were wet through. [=completely/very wet]
• having a lot of rain
1. a cold, wet morning
2. wet climates
3. It has been a wet spring. [=it has rained a lot this spring]
• not yet dry
1. wet cement
2. Don't touch the paint. It's still wet.

• allowing alcoholic beverages to be sold or drunk
1. a wet state/county
• soaked with urine
1. wet diapers
2. The baby is wet.
• lacking strength and determination
1. The main character is so wet [=weak] that it's hard to feel sorry for him.
• completely wrong
1. She told him that his argument was all wet.
2. He's all wet.
• to begin doing a new job, activity, etc., in usually a slow and simple way in order to become more familiar with it
1. She got her feet wet at her new job by doing some simple filing tasks.
• young and not experienced
1. The young reporter was still wet behind the ears.
• Verb
• to cause (something) to become wet
1. I wet/wetted a sponge under the faucet.
2. Avoid wetting the leaves when you water the plant.
3. The morning dew had wet/wetted his shoes.
4. In the early evening, she wets down the grass with a hose.
• to make (a bed or your clothes) wet by urinating
1. The little boy accidentally wet his pants.
2. Our daughter was still wetting the bed. [=was still urinating while sleeping in bed]
3. I laughed so hard I almost wet myself.
• Noun
• a person who belongs to the Conservative Party and who has moderate or liberal ideas
• rainy weather
1. We stayed out in the wet all afternoon.