wet
adjective /wet/
/wet/
(comparative wetter, superlative wettest)
Idioms - covered with or containing liquid, especially water
- wet clothes/hair/grass
- You'll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
- Try not to get your shoes wet.
- His face was wet with tears.
- We were all soaking wet (= extremely wet).
- Her hair was still dripping wet.
- My shirt was wet through (= completely wet).
Synonyms wetwet- moist
- damp
- soaked
- drenched
- saturated
- wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water:
- The car had skidded on the wet road.
- You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
- moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful:
- a lovely rich moist cake
- damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant:
- The cottage was cold and damp.
- soaked (rather informal) very wet:
- You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)
- drenched very wet:
- We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
- saturated very wet:
- The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
- wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something
- soaked/drenched in something
- somebody’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
- wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
- to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
Extra Examples- Mind you don't get your feet wet.
- The grass was wet with dew.
- We got soaking wet just going from the car to the house.
- We were wet through and cold.
- The car had skidded in the wet road.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- wet through
- (of weather, etc.) with rain
- a spell of cold, wet weather
- a wet climate
- What's the best thing to do with young children on a wet day?
- It's wet outside.
- It's going to be wet tomorrow.
- It was the wettest October for many years.
- The weather will be wet and windy in the south.
Extra ExamplesTopics Weathera2- It's still a little wet outside.
- The weather may turn wet later on in the week.
- permanently wet conditions
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- wet through
- (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet dry
- Keep off! Wet paint.
- if a child or its nappy is wet, its nappy is full of urine
- (British English) (of a person) (informal, disapproving) not having a strong character synonym feeble, wimpish
- ‘Don't be so wet,’ she laughed.
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Word OriginOld English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to water.
Idioms
all wet
- (North American English, informal) completely wrong
get your feet wet
- (especially North American English, informal) to start doing something that is new for you
- At that time he was a young actor, just getting his feet wet.
(still) wet behind the ears
- (informal, disapproving) young and without much experience synonym naive
- He was still wet behind the ears, politically.