EGAVE

wet

About 20.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Perai.
  2. adjective Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
    Water is wet.
  3. adjective Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
    I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
  4. adjective Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
  5. adjective Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
    This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
  6. adjective Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
  7. adjective Of weather or a time period: rainy.
    It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
  8. adjective Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
    This fighter jet's engine is rated for a maximum wet thrust of 450 kilonewtons, more than twice its max dry thrust, but the afterburner eats up a huge amount of fuel.

Similar words

moisture moist damp dank humid waterlogged bedewed drenched dewy soaked

Often followed by

and with season weather or the clothes weight to

Word family

wetly wetness wetnesses wets wetted wetter wettest wetting

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