wet
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/wɛt/]
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Senses
1. wet (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Example: Water is wet.
Concept: Мокрое
2. wet (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Example: I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
3. wet (adj) — sense 3
Definition: Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Example: A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito.
4. wet (noun) — sense 4
Definition: Liquid or moisture.
Example: Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant.
5. wet (noun) — sense 5
Definition: Rainy weather.
Example: Don't go out in the wet.
6. wet (noun) — sense 6
Definition: Rainy season. (often capitalized)
Example: They'll be in the camp […] before the Wet's out, mark my words.
7. wet (verb) — sense 7
Definition: To cover or impregnate with liquid.
Example: There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent.
8. wet (verb) — sense 8
Definition: To make or become wet.
Example: I try to show emotion, but my eyes won't seem to wet
9. wet (verb) — sense 9
Definition: To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
Example: Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
Structure of the word
Roots:- wed (Proto-Indo-European)
Connections
Polarities
Moisture ↔ Dryness — concept «Мокрое»
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