Definition of: wet

(wet) adjective wet·ter, wet·test
1. Moistened or saturated with water or other liquid; consisting of or covered with moisture.
2. Marked by showers or by heavy rainfall; rainy: the wet season.
3. Not dry; wet varnish.
4. Colloq. Favoring or not prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet State; also, opposed to prohibition.
5. Preserved in liquid; also, bottled in alcohol, as laboratory specimens.
6. Chem. Treated or separated by means of liquid reagents.
—all wet Slang Quite wrong; crazy; mistaken: He's all wet.
—noun
1. Water; moisture; wetness.
2. Showery or rainy weather; rain.
3. Colloq. One opposed to prohibition.
—v.t. & v.i. wet or wet·ted, wet·ting To make or become wet.
—to wet one's whistle Colloq. To take a drink. [OE wǣt]
—wet′ly adverb
—wet′·ness noun
—wet′ta·ble adjective
—wet′ter noun