Crossword clues for wetting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. &
vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears
from me and wetted my paper.''
--Burke.
Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
Wiktionary
That makes (something) wet. n. 1 The act of making something wet. 2 The act of accidental urination on or in something. v
(present participle of wet English)
WordNet
See wet
adj. covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet weather" [ant: dry]
supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county" [ant: dry]
producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows" [syn: lactating] [ant: dry]
consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen"
very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy]
n. the act of making something wet
a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, making water, passing water]
Usage examples of "wetting".
Spunk soon erupted onto the floor from between the bodies, wetting his leg and foot.
He pumped vigorously within her, but she held perfectly still aside from his thrustings for several seconds, until with an explosive release of breath she sagged forward against him, her head falling on his shoulder, her hot cheek wetting his with her perspiration.
When he raised up, blood, body and faeces were gone but urine remained, wetting the nap.
She shivered and clung to him the harder, her breasts wetting his chest.
Evelyn threw her leg over his midsection, wetting his hip as he wet her thigh.
Her arms went around his neck and she buried her face against him, wetting his chest with her tears.
In wetting my bed, after all, I merely had to offer purely material proof each morning of a disorder that I did not really need in the first place.
For some reason this strikes her as unbearably funny, and she snorts with laughter, wetting the tip of her nose with snot.
One hand left her breast to dip between her legs, wetting his fingers with her cream, and then he lifted his fingers to her mouth, rubbing her juices into her lips.
Bocchus wept, genuine tears wetting his face, glistening amid the strands of his elaborately curled beard.
A pretty good night last night, with some wettings, and again another beautiful Sunday.