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. 

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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. 
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  • 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.)  
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  • 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
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