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How to pronounce wet in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight
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Synonyms lactating


a wet nurse.
a wet cow.
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Synonyms moisture
Type of wetness


drops of wet gleamed on the window.
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Type of modify, alter, change
Has types moisten, drench, irrigate, douse, dowse, wash, dampen, besprinkle, water, bedew, soak, sop, souse, sparge, sprinkle, squirt
Derivation wetter, wetting
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a wet cargo.
a wet canteen.
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Derivation wetness


a wet bathing suit.
wet sidewalks.
wet weather.
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Type of spend a penny, make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee
Derivation wetter


This eight year old boy still wets his bed.
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Derivation wetness


wet paint.
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a wet candidate running on a wet platform.
a wet county.

Examples of wet

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Make sure you have plenty of ventilation to dry things off when they do get wet.
From the dailyherald.com
Employees seem to prefer working at home in areas where it's either cold or wet.
From the thenewstribune.com
The wet weather of December filled old tires, bird baths and buckets with water.
From the sacbee.com
Build it in a flood plain and you've got a good chance of having a wet basement.
From the dispatch.com
Afterward, outside the Burger King, Thomas put her wet shoes into a plastic bag.
From the heraldtribune.com
A fine, sappy finish incorporates grapefruit zest, toasted nuts, and wet stones.
From the businessweek.com
The going gets wet at times, but if you have heartstrings, they will be plucked.
From the time.com
Never let pots dry out because it will be really difficult to re-wet them again.
From the expressandstar.com
We could have used more hooks, hangers and racks to dry wet socks and rain gear.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
  • Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
  • Moisture: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"
  • Containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint"
  • Make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
  • Supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
  • Wet is an album released by Barbra Streisand in 1979. The album is a concept album of sorts with all the songs referring to, or expressing different interpretations of, water. Wet is also the first and the last word sung on the album.
  • Wet was an avant-garde Los Angeles-based magazine that revolved around the idea of "gourmet bathing" and later evolved to "gourmet bathing and beyond." Its publisher and creator was Leonard Koren, an architecture school graduate. ...
  • Wet is a third-person shooter game, developed by Artificial Mind and Movement and published by Bethesda Softworks for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game stars a heroine named Rubi Malone voiced by actress Eliza Dushku. It has sold over one million units worldwide.