HyperDic > WET... > wet

HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.

Dictionary	A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Shopping	The largest selection of WET products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France.
TV Shop	As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products.

wet > 9 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	wet	Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
	2	wet	Containing moisture or volatile components
	3	wet	Supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
	4	wet, lactating	Producing or secreting milk
	5	wet	Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor
	6	wet, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy	Very drunk
NOUN	1	wet, moisture	Wetness caused by water
VERB	1	wet	Cause to become wet
VERB	2	wet	Make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating

wet > pronunciation
Sounds	weh't
Rhymes	abet, alphabet, anisette, and 102 more rhymes in eht...

wet > adjective 1
Meaning	Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
Examples	"a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
Contrary	dry
Similar	bedewed, dewy; besprent, sprinkled; boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged; clammy, dank; damp, dampish, moist; drenched, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy; dripping; drippy, drizzly; dunked, soused; humid; misty; muggy, steamy, sticky; perspiring, sweating, sweaty; reeking, dripping, watery; rheumy; sloppy; showery, rainy; steaming, steamy; sticky; tacky; undried; washed; watery
Attribute of	wetness
Nouns	wetness

wet > adjective 2
Meaning	Containing moisture or volatile components.
Examples	" wet paint"
Contrary	dry
Nouns	wetness

wet > adjective 3
Meaning	Supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Examples	"a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
Contrary	dry

wet > adjective 4
Meaning	Producing or secreting milk.
Examples	"a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"
Synonyms	lactating
Contrary	dry
Similar	fresh

wet > adjective 5
Meaning	Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor.
Examples	"a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
Similar to	alcoholic

wet > adjective 6
Meaning	Very drunk.
Synonyms	besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy
Similar to	intoxicated, drunk, inebriated
Usage	slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

wet > noun, state
Meaning	Wetness caused by water.
Examples	"drops of wet gleamed on the window"
Synonyms	moisture
Broader	wetness
Verbs	wet

wet > verb 1, change
Meaning	Cause to become wet.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Wet your face"
Contrary	dry, dry out
Broader	change, alter, modify
Narrower	bedew; drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse; moisten, wash, dampen; water, irrigate; sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle; squirt; douse, dowse
Nouns	wetter; wet; wetting

wet > verb 2, body
Meaning	Make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
Broader	make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
Nouns	wetter

© 2001-05 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact us

Privacy · Robots · Valid XHTML