wet

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Synonyms: moisture lactating besotted blind drunk blotto crocked cockeyed fuddled loaded pie-eyed pissed pixilated

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

wetness caused by water“drops of wet gleamed on the window”Synonyms: moisture

Verb (2)

cause to become wet“Wet your face”
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating“This eight year old boy still wets his bed”

Adjective (6)

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water“a wet bathing suit”“wet sidewalks”“wet weather”
containing moisture or volatile components“wet paint”
supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages“a wet candidate running on a wet platform”“a wet county”
producing or secreting milk“a wet nurse”“a wet cow”“lactating cows”Synonyms: lactating
consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor“a wet cargo”“a wet canteen”
very drunkSynonyms: besotted blind drunk blotto crocked cockeyed fuddled loaded pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiffy stiff tight

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.] 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. "[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper." --Burke. [1913 Webster]

Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.— Walton.[1913 Webster]

Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel. v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See Water.] [1913 Webster]

1.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. "Wet cheeks." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3.(Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]

4.Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. [1913 Webster]

Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.

Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty. [1913 Webster]

Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See Wet, a.] [1913 Webster]

1.Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. [1913 Webster]

Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. [1913 Webster]

3.A dram; a drink. [Slang] [1913 Webster]