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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
wet
wet [wet wetter wettest] adjective, verb, noun BrE [wet] NAmE [wet]
adjective (wet·ter, wet·test)
1. covered with or containing liquid, especially water
•wet clothes
•wet grass
• You'll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
• Try not to get your shoes wet.
•His face was wet with tears.
•We were all soaking wet (= extremely wet).
•Her hair was still dripping wet.
•My shirt was wet through (= completely wet).
2. (of weather, etc.)with rain
•a wet day
•a wet climate
•It's wet outside.
• It's going to be wet tomorrow.
•It was the wettest October for many years.
•The weather will be wet and windy in the south.
3. (of paint, ink, etc.)not yet dry
• Keep off! Wet paint.
4. if a child or its ↑nappy is wet, its ↑nappy is full of ↑urine
5. (BrE) (of a person) (informal, disapproving)lacking a strong character
Syn: ↑feeble, Syn: ↑wimpish
• ‘Don't be so wet,’ she laughed.
more at get your feet wet at ↑foot n.
Word Origin:
Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to ↑water.
Synonyms:
wet
moist • damp • soaked • drenched • saturated
These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water.
wet • covered with or full of liquid, especially water: ▪ The car had skidded on the wet road. ◇ ▪ You'll get wet ▪ (= in the rain) ▪ if you go out now.
moist • slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful: ▪ a lovely rich moist cake
damp • slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant: ▪ The cottage was cold and damp.
soaked • (rather informal) very wet: ▪ You're soaked through! ▪ (= completely wet)
drenched • very wet: ▪ We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
soaked or drenched?
Both of these words can be used with with or in: ▪ soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood. Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun: ▪ their soaked clothes ◇ their drenched clothes
saturated • very wet: ▪ The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with sth
soaked/drenched in sth
sb's coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
Example Bank:
•It's still a little wet outside.
•Mind you don't get your feet wet.
•The grass was wet with dew.
•The weather may turn wet later on in the week.
•We got soaking wet just going from the car to the house.
•We were wet through and cold.
•permanently wet conditions
•Her hair was still dripping wet.
•My shirt was wet through.
•The car had skidded in the wet road.
•We were all soaking wet.
•What's the best thing to do with young children on a wet day?
•You'll get wet if you go out now.
Idioms: ↑all wet ▪ ↑wet behind the ears ▪ ↑wet the bed ▪ ↑wet your pants ▪ ↑wet yourself
Derived Words: ↑wetly ▪ ↑wetness
verb (wet·ting, wet, wetor wet·ting, wet·ted, wet·ted)~ sth
to make sth wet
•Wet the brush slightly before putting it in the paint.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to ↑water.
Example Bank:
•Wet the towel slightly with warm water.
•Wet your hair thoroughly before applying the shampoo.
•He wet his finger to test the wind.
noun
1. the wetsingular wet weather; rain
•Come in out of the wet.
2. uncountable liquid, especially water
•The dog shook the wet from its coat.
•I could feel the wet of her tears.
3. countable (BrE, disapproving)a conservative politician who supports ↑moderate policies rather than extreme ones
•Tory wets
4. countable (BrE, informal, disapproving)a person who lacks a strong character
Syn: ↑wimp
•Don't be such a wet!
Word Origin:
Old English wǣt (adjective and noun), wǣtan (verb); related to ↑water.
Culture:
In the context of politics the word wet was used by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s to insult the members of her own party who did not agree with some of her more right-wing policies. Later, moderate members of the ↑Conservative Party began to refer to themselves as wets.
Example Bank:
•Materials such as cement and plaster must be stored out of the wet.
•We faced a long, cold walk home in the dark and the wet.
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