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▸ adjective: Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
▸ adjective: Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
▸ adjective: Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
▸ adjective: Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
▸ adjective: Of weather or a time period: rainy.
▸ adjective: (aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
▸ adjective: (slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
▸ adjective: (slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
▸ adjective: (British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
▸ adjective: (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
▸ adjective: (slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
▸ adjective: (biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
▸ adjective: (chemistry) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
▸ adjective: (slang, euphemistic) Involving assassination or "wet work".
▸ adjective: (poker slang) Of a board or flop: enabling the creation of many or of strong hands; e.g. containing connectors or suited cards. (Compare dry).
▸ adjective: (dated or obsolete, colloquial) Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
▸ noun: Liquid or moisture.
▸ noun: Rainy weather.
▸ noun: (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
▸ noun: (British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
▸ noun: (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
▸ noun: (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
▸ noun: (motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
▸ noun: (colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
▸ verb: (transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
▸ verb: (transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
▸ verb: (US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
▸ adjective: (software engineering) Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of WET; containing much repetition.
▸ noun: Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”) [A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.]
▸ verb: Misspelling of whet. [(transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.]
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