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wet | English for the Planet Skip to content wet When something is wet , it’s full of water or there is water on the surface. The ground is wet after heavy rain. His forehead looks a little wet because of the sweat. My dog smells a little when she’s all wet. The word “wet” is usually used as an adjective, but you can also use it as a verb. See the video below. It’s wet outside today. a. These examples show the word "wet" as an adjective: The streets are wet. I left my shoes outside last night and now they’re all wet. (Notice that the word “all” is often used with “wet” when there’s a lot of water.) This is all wet! When the weather is wet, you might spend more time indoors. These clothes are wet. The clothes on the clothesline are still a little wet. (In place of “a little wet,” you can also say “damp.”) The sand on the beach was wet because of all the rain There’s a wet sponge by the sink. You can hang your wet clothes on the rack. People hang their wet clothes on a clothes line. Wet clothes dry quickly when they are dried outside. My clothes were wet. Now, they’re dry. b. This is what "wet" looks like as comparative and superlative adjectives: The wettest month of the year is usually June. (wettest = superlative adjective) Between June and July, June is wetter. (wetter = comparative adjective) It’s more wet in June than it is in July. (Some people choose to make the comparative form for “wet” with “more” instead on an “er” ending.) The grass is wetter in the early morning because of the dew. c. These examples show the word "wet" as a verb: You should wet the soil a little before planting seeds. To wet the seal on an envelope, just lick it. They’re wetting their lips in anticipation of the pizza. She wet her hair before using the shampoo. The rain didn’t wet the pavement because of the trees hanging overhead. The little girl wet her bed last night. (To wet one’s bed is to accidentally release urine. It’s a common thing to happen to children.) She wet the bed. (She went to the bathroom on the bed.) The baby wet his diapers. Tom was so scared that he almost wet his pants. (This is kind of an expression. It means that a person was very excited, scared, or in some other heightened emotional state.) d. There are different degrees or levels of wetness: When something is a little wet, it’s moist . When something is still wet, it’s damp . When water is found throughout an object, it’s saturated . When there’s too much water in a thing or a place, it’s soaked . You can click here to go to the English Vocabulary page . Manage Cookie Consent To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes Accept Deny View preferences Save preferences View preferences {title} {title} {title} Manage consent