wet

wet
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verb
ADVERB
thoroughly

Wet your hair thoroughly before applying the shampoo.

slightly
PREPOSITION
with

Wet the towel slightly with warm water.

Wet is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bed, ↑diaper, ↑lip, ↑pants, ↑washcloth
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adj.
VERBS
be, feel, look
become, get, turn

We got soaking wet just going from the car to the house.

The weather may turn wet later on in the week.

get sth, make sth

Mind you don't get your feet wet.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
dripping, soaking, sopping

His clothes were dripping wet.

a little, slightly, etc.

It's still a little wet outside.

PREPOSITION
with

The grass was wet with dew.

PHRASES
wet through

We were wet through and cold.

Wet is used with these nouns: ↑afternoon, ↑autumn, ↑cement, ↑cheek, ↑clay, ↑climate, ↑cloth, ↑clothes, ↑concrete, ↑diaper, ↑dirt, ↑dream, ↑earth, ↑flannel, ↑floor, ↑footprint, ↑grass, ↑ground, ↑ingredient, ↑ink, ↑kiss, ↑month, ↑mouth, ↑mud, ↑nappy, ↑nose, ↑nurse, ↑paint, ↑patch, ↑rag, ↑road, ↑sand, ↑season, ↑shave, ↑sidewalk, ↑snow, ↑soil, ↑spell, ↑sponge, ↑spring, ↑summer, ↑tear, ↑towel, ↑trail, ↑washcloth, ↑weather, ↑weekend, ↑winter

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