<p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.</li><li>in a liquid form or state: wet paint.</li><li>characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.</li><li>moistened or dampened with rain; rainy: Wet streets make driving hazardous.</li><li>allowing or favoring the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet town.</li><li>characterized by frequent rain, mist, etc.: the wet season.</li><li>laden with a comparatively high percent of moisture or vapor, especially water vapor: There was a wet breeze from the west.</li><li>Informal. intoxicated.</li><li>marked by drinking: a wet night.</li><li>using water or done under or in water, as certain chemical, mining, and manufacturing processes.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture: The wet from the earth had made the basement unlivable.</li><li>damp weather; rain: Stay out of the wet as much as possible.</li><li>a person in favor of allowing the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.</li><li>Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. wetback.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to make (something) wet, as by moistening or soaking (sometimes followed by through or down): Wet your hands before soaping them.</li><li>to urinate on or in: The dog had wet the carpet.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to become wet (sometimes followed by through or down): Dampness may cause plastered walls to wet.</li><li>My jacket has wet through.</li><li>(of animals and children) to urinate.</li></ul>