Wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry. Amanda, a superhuman girl, fights her way across a half drowned half dreaming future earth. To wet is to moisten in any manner with water or other liquid
Wet T Shirt
To wet or dampen a cloth
Drench suggests wetting completely as by a downpour
A heavy rain drenched the fields. Covered in water or another liquid Wet paint, ink, or a similar substance has not had time… Definition of wet adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. If something is wet, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid He towelled his wet hair I lowered myself to the water's edge, getting my feet wet
My gloves were soaking wet.
The term ‘wet’ was originally used by mrs thatcher, who meant it in the old sense of ‘soppy’, as in ‘what do you mean the unions won't like it, jim Some common synonyms of wet are damp, dank, humid, and moist While all these words mean covered or more or less soaked with liquid, wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry. The bottle must have leaked because the bag's all wet
Keep the soil moist but not wet They ran barefoot along the wet beach Don't let the camera get wet. With maria perry, gail berkeley, marianne james, jonathan nolan
