wet

/wet/ adjective (wetter, wettest)

Definition

WATER › covered in water or another liquid: a wet towel We got soaking wet in the rain.UK Look at you - you're wet through (= very wet)!

RAIN › raining: a wet and windy day

NOT DRY › not dry yet: wet paint

PERSON UK informal › Someone who is wet has a weak personality.

(Definition of wet adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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