| query | W__ fish is fish that is sold fresh and uncooked, and not frozen or dried.Wet fish is fish that is sold fresh and uncooked, and not frozen or dried. |
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| word | wet |
| full-definition | adjective If something is wet, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid. He towelled his wet hair. I lowered myself to the water's edge, getting my feet wet. My gloves were soaking wet. I saw his face was wet with tears. Her hair clung wetly to her head. Anti-perspirants stop wetness, deodorants stop odour. If the weather is wet, it is raining. If the weather is wet or cold, choose an indoor activity. It was a miserable wet day. They had come in from the cold and the wet. Braking in the wet in heavy traffic is never fun. If something such as paint, ink, or cement is wet, it is not yet dry or solid. I lay the painting flat to stop the wet paint running. She rendered the walls in cement and, while it was still wet, applied the shells. If a child or its nappy or clothing is wet, its nappy or clothing is soaked in urine . Change him when he's wet. Avoid changing a nappy unless it's dirty or very wet. Wet fish is fish that is sold fresh and uncooked, and not frozen or dried. If you say that someone is wet, you mean that they are weak and lacking in enthusiasm, energy, or confidence . Don't be so wet, Charles. noun A wet is a Conservative politician who supports moderate political policies and opposes extreme ones. The left, the so-called 'wets', thought more state spending would mean more jobs. verb To wet something means to get water or some other liquid over it. When assembling the pie, wet the edges where the two crusts join. Fielding nervously wet his lips and tried to smile. If people, especially children, wet their beds or clothes or wet themselves, they urinate in their beds or in their clothes because they cannot stop themselves. A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed. To put it plainly, they wet themselves. |
| inflections | wetterwettestwetswettingwettedwetlywetness |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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