Thesaurus: wet

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1. superl. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
2. superl. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
3. superl. Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.
4. superl. Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
5. a. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
6. a. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
7. a. A dram; a drink.
8. imp. & p. p. of Wet
9. v. t. To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
10. adj. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
11. adj. containing moisture or volatile components
12. adj. supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages