Wetter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wetter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wetter n a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved Synonym(s): wetting agent, wetter, surfactant, surface-active agent a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed Synonym(s): bedwetter, bed wetter, wetter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wet \Wet\ (w[ecr]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[aemac]t; akin to OFries. w[emac]t, Icel. v[be]tr, Sw. v[86]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See {Water}.] 1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. [bd]Wet cheeks.[b8] --Shak. 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. [bd]Wet October's torrent flood.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock}, etc. {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.