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# wet

adjective (wet, wetter, wettest); verb (wet, wets, wet/wetted, wetting); noun (the wet)

«wet» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Covered with or full of water or another liquid: "wet hair". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#m1)
2. Rainy: "a wet day". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#m2)
3. Not yet dry: "wet paint". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#m3)
4. As a verb, to make something wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#m4)
5. Wet can also be a noun meaning a drink, especially water or another non-alcoholic drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science, wet things dry when water evaporates; water makes things heavier and slippery. In safety: wet floors are slippery; never touch plugs or switches with wet hands — water carries electricity; change out of wet clothes in the cold. Phrases: soaking wet, wet through, wet paint, wet weather.

### Examples

- My shoes are wet from the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x1)
- Careful, the floor is wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x2)
- Never touch a plug with wet hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x3)
- Wet paint — don't touch! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x4)
- It was a wet and windy day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x5)
- Wet the cloth and wipe the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x6)
- Hang the wet towels in the sun to dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x7)
- We got soaking wet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x8)
- “Water or wet, or whatever you please, sir.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/#x9)

### Note

Double the t: wetter, wettest, wetting. Opposite: dry. Wet and electricity are dangerous together. "Wet" sounds a bit like "whet" (to sharpen) — rare.

## In Jewish tradition

In science, wet things dry when water evaporates; water makes things heavier and slippery. In safety: wet floors are slippery; never touch plugs or switches with wet hands — water carries electricity; change out of wet clothes in the cold. Phrases: soaking wet, wet through, wet paint, wet weather.

### Examples

- They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. (Writings JOB.24.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wet/#x1)

### Note

Double the t: wetter, wettest, wetting. Opposite: dry. Wet and electricity are dangerous together. "Wet" sounds a bit like "whet" (to sharpen) — rare.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wet.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wet» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wet.html) on Mova free.