wet
Middle English
/wɛt/
adjective
Definitions
- wet, watery
- (weather) wet, rainy
- liquid, fluid
- damp, moist, waterlogged
- (terrain) marshy, boggy
- (alchemy) Something that is considered alchemically wet
- teary, weepy
- bloody, bloodstained
- sweaty, having sweat
Etymology
Derived from Old English wǣt (moist, wet, rainy).
Origin
Old English
wǣt
Gloss
moist, wet, rainy
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
潤
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewet English
- dewet English
- neverwet English
- overwet English
- prewet English
- rewet English
- semiwet English
- unwet English
- weet English
- wet English
- wetbird English
- wetfast English
- wethead English
- wetland English
- wetlook English
- wetly English
- wetness English
- wetproof English
- wetscape English
- wetside English
- wetsuit English
- wettability English
- wettable English
- wetten English
- wetter English
- wetteth English
- wettie English
- wettish English
- wetware English
- wetwood English
- wetwork English
- wǣt Old English
- wǣtan Old English
- weten Middle English
- wet Tok Pisin
- wet Bislama