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Also see: suit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wet/wet/
▶adjective (wetter, wettest)
- 1 covered or saturated with liquid.
■ (of the weather) rainy.
■ involving the use of water or liquid.
- 2 (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet having dried or hardened.
- 3 Brit. informal lacking forcefulness or strength of character; feeble.
- 4 informal (of an area) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink.
■ (especially of a baby or young child) urinate in or on.
■ (wet oneself) urinate involuntarily.
■ dialect infuse (tea) by pouring on boiling water.
▶noun- 1 liquid that makes something damp.
■ (the wet) rainy weather.
■ Brit. informal a drink.
- 2 Brit. informal a feeble person.
- 3 Brit. a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) with liberal tendencies.
- 4 US a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol.
– phrases
all wet N. Amer. completely wrong.
wet the baby's head Brit. informal celebrate a baby's birth with a drink.
wet behind the ears informal lacking experience; immature.
wet one's whistle informal have a drink.
all wet N. Amer. completely wrong.
wet the baby's head Brit. informal celebrate a baby's birth with a drink.
wet behind the ears informal lacking experience; immature.
wet one's whistle informal have a drink.
– derivatives
wetly adverb,
wetness noun,
wettable adjective,
wettish adjective.
wetly adverb,
wetness noun,
wettable adjective,
wettish adjective.

