noun
- A chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
- synonyms: wetting agent, surfactant, surface-active agent
- A workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process.
- Someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed.
- synonyms: bedwetter, bed wetter
adjective
- Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
- usage: "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
- synonyms: wet
- Containing moisture or volatile components.
- usage: "wet paint"
- synonyms: wet
- Supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
- usage: "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
- synonyms: wet
- Producing or secreting milk.
- usage: "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
- Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor.
- usage: "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
- synonyms: wet
- Very drunk.
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