Definition of "wet" in Anglais

adjective

Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Water is wet.
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.
- The baby is wet and needs its nappy changed.
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- A chimichanga (MWCD: 1982) is a burrito that is deep-fried, rather than baked, and is served in the fashion of a wet burrito.
- The new item is its first "wet," or sauce-topped, burrito.
- But I'm getting the wet burrito.” Ignacio looked down at some sort of a tomato sauce–covered tortilla tube.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- It’s going to be wet tomorrow.
- 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 32, Summer drouth, or singed aire Never scorch thy tresses faire, Nor wet Octobers torrent flood Thy molten crystall fill with mudde,
(aviation) Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
- This fighter jet's engine is rated for a maximum wet thrust of 450 kilonewtons, more than twice its max dry thrust, but the afterburner eats up a huge amount of fuel.
(slang) Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.
(slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- He got me all wet.
(British, slang) Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stopped this general fight of self-recrimination and wetness.
- Don’t be so wet.
(retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
(slang, archaic) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
- c. 1694, Matthew Prior, “Celia to Damon” […] When my lost Lover the tall Ship ascends, / With Musick gay, and wet with Iovial Friends […]
(biology, chemistry) Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.

(dated or obsolete, colloquial) Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.

1811. John Adams, Letter to the Boston Patriot, §25. Reprinted in 1856. Charles Francis Adams (ed.), The Life of John Adams, Second President of The United States. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 661. The Catholics thought him almost a Catholic. The Church of England claimed him as one of them. The Presbyterians thought him half a Presbyterian, and the Friends believed him a wet Quaker. The dissenting clergymen in England and America were among the most distinguished asserters and propagators of his renown. Indeed, all sects considered him, and I believe justly, a friend to unlimited toleration in matters of religion.

noun

Liquid or moisture.
Rainy weather.
- Don't go out in the wet.
(Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- 2015, David Andrew, The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia, Csiro Publishing, Appendix B, page 380 https://books.google.ca/books?id=XBnyCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Northern Australia is tropical and subject to a prolonged wet season (often called simply 'the Wet') that may last from December to April […] . The Wet features high humidity, heavy rain, flooding that can cut off towns and roads for days on end, and, in most years, violent cyclones that cause high seas, widespread damage and sometimes loss of life.
(British, UK politics, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
(colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
(US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half.
(motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
(colloquial, derogatory) A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
Alternative form of wat (“stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea”).

verb

(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.
(transitive) To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
- Johnny wets the bed several times a week.
- She was laughing so hard she wet her pants.
(transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
(transitive, informal) To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- to wet the baby’s head
(US, MLE, MTE, slang) To kill or seriously injure.
Misspelling of whet.