wet

wet

/wet/

(comparative wetter, superlative wettest)

1 covered with or containing liquid, especially water

wet clothes/hair/grass

You'll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.

Try not to get your shoes wet.

His face was wet with tears.

We were all soaking wet (= extremely wet).

Her hair was still dripping wet.

My shirt was wet through (= completely wet).

Mind you don't get your feet wet.

The grass was wet with dew.

We got soaking wet just going from the car to the house.

We were wet through and cold.

The car had skidded in the wet road.

Collocations

verbs

be

feel

look

adverb

extremely

fairly

very

preposition

with

phrases

wet through

2 (of weather, etc.) with rain

a spell of cold, wet weather

a wet climate

What's the best thing to do with young children on a wet day?

It's wet outside.

It's going to be wet tomorrow.

It was the wettest October for many years.

The weather will be wet and windy in the south.

It's still a little wet outside.

The weather may turn wet later on in the week.

permanently wet conditions

3 (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet dry

Keep off! Wet paint.

​4 if a child or its nappy is wet, its nappy is full of urine

​5 (British English) (of a person) (informal, disapproving) not having a strong character

‘Don't be so wet,’ she laughed.

Idioms

wet

/wet/

Come in out of the wet.

Materials such as cement and plaster must be stored out of the wet.

We faced a long, cold walk home in the dark and the wet.

The dog shook the wet from its coat.

I could feel the wet of her tears.

Tory wets

Don’t be such a wet!

wet

/wet/

Wet the brush slightly before putting it in the paint.

Wet the towel slightly with warm water.

Wet your hair thoroughly before applying the shampoo.

He wet his finger to test the wind.

e.g.

Collocations

adverb

preposition

with

Idioms

Word Origin

Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to water.