wet
Because it is a word with a single syllable, wet is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwet
- Liquid or moisture.
- Rainy weather.
Example: "Don't go out in the wet."
- Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- An alcoholic drink.
- One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- To accidentally urinate in or on.
Example: "Johnny wets the bed several times a week."
- To make or become wet.
- (soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- To kill or seriously injure.
Example: "Wet 'em up!"
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Synonyms: wetting
Example: "Water is wet."
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Example: "I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet."
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
Example: "This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper."
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
Example: "It’s going to be wet tomorrow."
- Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Synonyms: green, "wet behind the ears"
Example: "That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday."
- (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
Example: "He got me all wet."
- Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Example: "Don’t be so wet."
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
Synonyms: inebriated, soused
- Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
Example: "the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed"
- Involving assassination or "wet work".
Example: "a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff"
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