the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > cover or suffuse > with flowing liquid (3)
To suffuse or overspread (a surface) with flowing moisture. Also figurative.
transitive. To overspread or cover (the surface of something, esp. part of the face) with; to sprinkle or spray with. Obsolete.
transitive. To cover or spray with a stream or torrent of water or other liquid, esp. in an uncontrolled manner. Also: to pour (a substance) in…