1. [n]  wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"
2. [adj]  (slang) very drunk
3. [adj]  consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
4. [adj]  producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
5. [adj]  supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
6. [adj]  covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet weather"
7. [v]  make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
8. [v]  cause to become wet; "Wet your face"

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1. \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]
   [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
   v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
   {Water}.]
   1. 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.
      ``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak.
   2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet
      October's torrent flood.'' --Milton.
   3. (Chem.) 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. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
   {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},
      etc.
   {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
   Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.
   

2. \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See {Wet}, a.]
   1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable
      degree.
            Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.
            Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered
            the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping
            plant.                                --Milton.
   2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
   3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
   

3. \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
   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. ``[The scene] did draw tears
   from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.
         Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether
         to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
         thirsty earth with falling showers.      --Milton.
   {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
      dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
            Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                  --Walton.