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wet
CEFRA1
/ˈwɛt/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Covered or filled with water or another liquid.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailOf a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Examples
He's got a face like a month of wet Sundays.
The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈwet/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
More examples
In contextI went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed.
Water is wet.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water). Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit...