Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)Liquid or moisture.
(countable, uncountable)Rainy weather.
Don't go out in the wet.
Come in out of the wet.
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Rainy season. (often capitalized)
(UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)An alcoholic drink.
(US, colloquial, countable, uncountable)One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)A tyre for use in wet weather.
(colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
- wetness caused by water
Examples
762 sentencesYou smell like a wet dog.
Ти пахнеш вологим собакою. — deniko
ruОт тебя пахнет мокрой псиной. — marafon
I'm fed up with this wet weather.
Ця сира погода у мене вже в печінках сидить. — deniko
ruЭта сырая погода мне порядком надоела. — sharptoothed
deIch hab die Nase voll von diesem feuchten Wetter. — MUIRIEL
I have no intention of getting wet.
Я не збираюся мокнути. — deniko
ruЯ не собираюсь мокнуть. — sharptoothed
deIch habe nicht die Absicht, nass zu werden. — Esperantostern
Tom is still wet behind the ears.
Том і досі молодий та зелений. — deniko
ruУ Тома ещё молоко на губах не обсохло. — marafon
deTom ist noch feucht hinter den Ohren. — Melang
I am fed up with this wet weather.
Ця сира погода у мене вже в печінках сидить. — deniko
ruЭта сырая погода мне порядком надоела. — sharptoothed
deIch hab die Nase voll von diesem feuchten Wetter. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle EnglishFrom 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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Forms
plural: wetsSynonyms
1 synonyms- wetness caused by water:moisture
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- get wet
- soaking wet
- is still wet
- wet clothes
- his wet clothes
- wet clothes into
- still wet
- were soaking wet
- hair is wet
- to get wet
- feet wet
- is wet and