A2adjective · common

wet

wet · wetter · wettest

мокрий, вологий, дощовий, дощовитий

мокрый, дождливый

nass, feucht

Made up of liquid or moisture, usually waterMade up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.

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/wɛt/

» You smell like a wet dog.

От тебя пахнет мокрой псиной.

От вас пахнет мокрой псиной.

Ти пахнеш вологим собакою.

Meaning

18 senses

Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Water is wet.
nass
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed.
nass, feucht
мо́крыйmókryj
мо́крийmókryj, воло́гийvolóhyj
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 32, Summer drouth, or singed aire Never scorch thy tresses faire, Nor wet Octobers torrent flood Thy molten crystall fill with mudde,
дождли́выйdoždlívyj
дощовитийdoščovytyj, дощовийdoščovyj
Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
This fighter jet's engine is rated for a maximum wet thrust of 450 kilonewtons, more than twice its max dry thrust, but the afterburner eats up a huge amount of fuel.
(slang)Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
(slang, vulgar)Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
He got me all wet.
feucht
(UK, slang)Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Don’t be so wet.
(retronym)Permitting alcoholic beverages.
supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.

Examples

762 sentences

You smell like a wet dog.
Ти пахнеш вологим собакою.
ruОт тебя пахнет мокрой псиной.
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I'm fed up with this wet weather.
Ця сира погода у мене вже в печінках сидить.
ruЭта сырая погода мне порядком надоела.
deIch hab die Nase voll von diesem feuchten Wetter.
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I have no intention of getting wet.
Я не збираюся мокнути.
ruЯ не собираюсь мокнуть.
deIch habe nicht die Absicht, nass zu werden.
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Tom is still wet behind the ears.
Том і досі молодий та зелений.
ruУ Тома ещё молоко на губах не обсохло.
deTom ist noch feucht hinter den Ohren.
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I am fed up with this wet weather.
Ця сира погода у мене вже в печінках сидить.
ruЭта сырая погода мне порядком надоела.
deIch hab die Nase voll von diesem feuchten Wetter.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid:

of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy:

Русский

By meaning 2

of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid:

of weather or a time period: rainy — see also rainy:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

made of liquid or moisture:

of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid:

Origin

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).

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