Wet

Wet - Other Definitions

• (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
  
  
• (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
  
  
• (superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.
  
  
• (superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
  
  
• (a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
  
  
• (a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
  
  
• (a.) A dram; a drink.
  
  
• (imp. & p. p.) of Wet
  
  
• (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
  
  
• nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.