wetting

wet  (wt)

adj. wet·ter, wet·test

1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water.

2. Not yet dry or firm: wet paint.

3. Stored or preserved in liquid.

4. Used or prepared with water or other liquids.

5.

a. Rainy, humid, or foggy: wet weather.

b. Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation: a wet climate.

6. Informal Allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet county.

7. Characterized by the use or presence of water or liquid reagents: wet chemistry.

n.

1. Something that wets; moisture.

2. Rainy or snowy weather: go out into the wet.

3. Informal One who supports the legality of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.

v. wet or wet·ted, wet·ting, wets

v.tr.

1. To make wet; dampen: wet a sponge.

2. To make (a bed or one's clothes) wet by urinating.

v.intr.

1. To become wet.

2. To urinate.

Idioms:

all wet Slang

Entirely mistaken.

wet behind the ears

Inexperienced; green.

wet (one's) whistle Informal

To take a drink.

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[Middle English, from Old English wt; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: wet, damp, moist, dank, humid
These adjectives mean covered with or saturated with liquid. Wet describes not only what is covered or soaked (a wet sponge) but also what is not yet dry (wet paint). Damp and moist both mean slightly wet, but damp often implies an unpleasant clamminess: a cold, damp cellar; a moist breeze.
Dank emphasizes disagreeable, often unhealthful wetness: a dank cave.
Humid refers to an unpleasantly high degree of moisture in the atmosphere: hot, humid weather.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wetting - the act of making something wet change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics dousing, ducking, submersion, immersion - the act of wetting something by submerging it drenching, sousing, soaking, souse - the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" dampening, moistening - the act of making something slightly wet splashing, splash - the act of scattering water about haphazardly watering - wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
	2.	wetting - a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" making water, passing water, leak euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh micturition, urination - the discharge of urine