wet

Universal Words adjective, verb, noun adjective (wetter, wettest) 1 covered or soaked with liquid, especially water: wet clothes / grass / hair / roads * 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). 2 (of weather, etc.) with rain: a wet day * a wet climate * 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. 3 (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet dry: Keep off! Wet paint. 4 if a child or its NAPPY/DIAPER is wet, its NAPPY/DIAPER is soaked with URINE 5 (BrE) (of a person) (informal, disapproving) lacking a strong character: 'Don't be so wet,' she laughed. wetly adverb: Her clothes were clinging wetly to her body. * 'I can't!' he said wetly. wetness noun [U] IDIOMS (still) wet behind the ears (informal, disapproving) young and without much experience SYNNAIVE: He was still wet behind the ears, politically. verb (wetting, wet, wet) or (wetting, wetted, wetted) [VN] to make sth wet: Wet the brush slightly before putting it in the paint. IDIOMS wet the / your bed [nopassive] to accidentally URINATE in your bed: It is quite common for small children to wet their beds. wet yourself