wet
/wɛt/ noun C2- Liquid or moisture.
- Rainy weather. · Don't go out in the wet.· Come in out of the wet.
- An alcoholic drink.
- One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- A tyre for use in wet weather.
- A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
Plural wets
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And wet with all the showers,
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
“As wet as ever,” said Alice in a melancholy tone: “it doesn’t seem to dry me at all.”
The lady’s eyes suddenly flashed on him, bright, smiling and wet.
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