wet
adjective (NOT DRY) /wet/ (wetter, wettest)Definition
A2 covered in water or another liquid: a wet floor a wet umbrella wet hair My bike got wet in the rain. I had to cycle in the rain and got soaking (= very) wet.informal You poor thing - you're all (= very) wet.Wet weather and wetness B1 describes paint, ink, or a similar substance when it has not had time to dry and become hard: The paint's still wet. a notice saying 'Wet paint!'Wet weather and wetness A2 describes weather or periods of time when rain falls: We've had wet weather all week. This is the first wet day for two months. The presentation will take place indoors if it's wet.Wet weather and wetness be wet through › to be completely wet: Come in quickly - you're wet through.Wet weather and wetness wetly /ˈwet.li/ adverb Wet weather and wetness wetness /ˈwet.nəs/ noun [U] Wet weather and wetness
(Definition of wet adjective (NOT DRY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bedraggled adjective
- dank adjective
- dowse verb (MAKE WET)
- drench verb
- dripping adjective
- flooded adjective (WATER)
- look like a drowned rat idiom
- misty adjective (WEATHER)
- moisten verb
- monsoon noun
- rainy adjective
- rehydration noun
- showery adjective
- soaked adjective
- soaking adjective
- sopping adjective
- spongy adjective
- sweat verb
- waterlogged adjective
- wet verb
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