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wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" |
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dry,
dry out remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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bedew cover with drops of dew or as with dew
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douse,
dowse,
drench,
soak,
sop,
souse slacken; "douse a rope"
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dampen,
moisten,
wash lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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irrigate,
water supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
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besprinkle,
sparge,
sprinkle agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"
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squirt wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
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douse,
dowse slacken; "douse a rope"
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wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" |
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make,
make water,
micturate,
pass water,
pee,
pee-pee,
piddle,
piss,
puddle,
relieve oneself,
spend a penny,
take a leak,
urinate,
wee,
wee-wee act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
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wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" |
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dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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bedewed,
dewy wet with dew
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besprent sprinkled over; "glistening grass besprent with raindrops"
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boggy,
marshy,
miry,
mucky,
muddy,
quaggy,
sloppy,
sloughy,
soggy,
squashy,
swampy,
waterlogged (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
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clammy,
dank unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
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damp,
dampish,
moist slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
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sodden,
soppy wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
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drippy,
drizzly leaking in drops; "a drippy faucet"
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humid containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor; "humid air"; "humid weather"
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misty wet with mist; "the misty evening"
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muggy,
steamy,
sticky hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"
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reeking,
watery giving off a strong unpleasant smell
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rheumy moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and theumy damp of night air"
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sloppy lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits"
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rainy,
showery (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days"
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steaming,
steamy filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist; "a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels"
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sticky covered with an adhesive material
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tacky (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
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undried still wet or moist
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washed clean by virtue of having been washed in water
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watery overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
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wet - containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint" |
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dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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wet - producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows" |
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lactating |
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dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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fresh improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
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wet - consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen" |
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alcoholic addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren
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wet - supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county" |
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dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
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