english
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adj.
drenched:
The coat was wet.
adj.
rainy:
It was a wet day.
verb
sprinkle:
Wet the floor before mopping.
Simple Definitions
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wet
to put water or another liquid onto something to make it wet. In spoken English, people will often use get something wet rather than wet:
• He wet the washcloth and washed Tom’s face.
splash
to make someone or something wet by making a lot of small drops of water fall onto them:
• The kids were playing around in the pool, splashing each other. • I accidentally splashed soup onto my shirt.
soak
to put something in water for a long time or to make something very wet – use this especially when something is put into water or the water comes up from underneath to make it wet:
• Soak the beans overnight before cooking. • The rain had come in through the bottom of our tent and completely soaked our clothes.
drench
to make someone or something extremely wet with a large amount of water – use this especially when water is poured or falls on something:
• He drenched us all with the hose. • Her shirt was drenched in sweat.
saturate
formal to completely cover or fill something with liquid, so that it is wet all the way through:
• Heavy rains had saturated the ground.
flood
to cover an area of land with a large amount of water:
• Farmers flood the fields in order to grow rice.
moisten
to make something slightly wet by putting a small amount of water or another liquid on it, especially to stop it from getting too dry:
• Add just enough water to moisten the cake mixture. • Tom paused and moistened his lips.
dampen
to make something slightly wet by putting a little water on it:
• Rain came in through the window, dampening the curtains., wet
covered in water or another liquid:
• I’ve just washed my hair and it’s still wet. • You’d better change out of those wet clothes.
damp
slightly wet:
• Wipe the surfaces with a damp cloth. • The sheets are still a little damp. • The grass was still too damp to sit on.
moist
slightly wet, especially in a pleasant way – used about soil, food, or about someone’s skin or eyes:
• It’s important to keep the soil moist. • a delicious moist chocolate cake • Her eyes became moist (= she was almost crying ) .
clammy
feeling slightly wet, cold, and sticky – used about someone’s skin, especially when they are nervous or ill:
• He had clammy hands. • Ruby was feverish and clammy with sweat.
soggy
unpleasantly wet and soft – used especially about food or the ground:
• a bowl of soggy rice • It had been raining hard and the ground was soggy underfoot.
humid/muggy
used when the weather is hot but the air feels wet in a way that makes you uncomfortable:
• Summers in Tokyo are hot and humid. • a hot muggy day • the humid heat of a tropical forest
very wet
soaked
[ not before noun ] very wet all the way through – used especially about people and their clothes:
• It absolutely poured with rain and we got soaked. • His shirt was soaked with blood.
drenched
[ not before noun ] very wet – used about a person or area after a lot of rain or water has fallen on them:
• Everyone got drenched when a huge wave hit the boat. • The garden was completely drenched after the rain.
saturated
extremely wet, and unable to take in any more water or liquid:
• His bandage was saturated with blood. • The floods were the result of heavy rainfall on already saturated soil.
waterlogged
used about ground that has water on its surface because it is so wet that it cannot take in any more:
• The game was cancelled because the field was waterlogged.
sodden
British English very wet with water – used about clothes and the ground. Sodden is less common than soaked:
• The ground was still sodden. • He took off his sodden shirt.
Longman-Thesaurus
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wet
adverbs
soaking/sopping/wringing wet
(= very wet )
• His suit was soaking wet.
dripping wet
(= so wet that water is dripping off )
• She was dripping wet.
wet through
(= with every part very wet )
• It never stopped raining and our clothes were wet through.
verbs
get wet
• We both got very wet when we tried to give the dog a bath.
get something wet
• I didn’t want to get my feet wet.
phrases
cold and wet
• I was too cold and wet to keep going.
wet and muddy
• His boots were wet and muddy.
transnet.ir
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verb ADV. thoroughly Wet your hair thoroughly before applying the shampoo. | slightly PREP. with Wet the towel slightly with warm water., adj. VERBS be, feel, look | become, get, turn We got soaking wet just going from the car to the house. The weather may turn wet later on in the week. | get sth Mind you don't get your feet wet. ADV. dripping, extremely, really, soaking, sopping, very His clothes were dripping wet. | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly It's still quite wet outside. | permanently permanently wet conditions PREP. with The grass was wet with dew. PHRASES wet through We were wet through and cold.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with WET, Also see ALL WET; GET ONE'S FEET WET; LIKE (WET AS) A DROWNED RAT; MAD AS A HORNET (WET HEN).
American Heritage Idioms