wet
/wɛt/ adjective A2- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water. · Water is wet.
- 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.
- 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.
- Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- 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.
Comparative wetter · Superlative wettest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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.”
There was no help for it; Anne, clinging to Gilbert Blythe’s hand, scrambled down into the dory, where she sat, drabbled and furious, in the stern with her arms full of dripping shawl and wet crepe.
The night was so wet that no one was about, so Charpentier dragged the body of his victim into the empty house.
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