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wet(1) (iou)



wet adjective. Compar. & superl. -tt-.

Dampened or moistened with water or Other liquid; sprinkled, covered, dipped in, or soaked with water or Other liquid (freq. foll. by with). Also (of a young child etc.), incontinent of urine. OE.
J. Calder She messed about on the river..and wasn't afraid to get wet. V. Glendinning She sprawled on..the wet pavement. C. Brayfield His..shirt, wet with spray, flapped damply in the wind.
b. Suffused with tears; moist from weeping. Freq. foll. by with. ME.
C. Cookson Agnes' face too was wet with her laughter. She dried her eyes.
c. Designating a removable liner or sleeve for the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine that has cooling water flowing between the liner and the cylinder wall. M20.
d. Of the activities of an intelligence organization, esp. the KGB: involving bloodshed, esp. assassination. slang. L20.
Of the weather, a place, etc.: rainy. OE.
Guardian We were 2,000 feet up in one of the wettest corners of France.
b. Of the air, wind, etc.: moisture-laden. rare. LME.
Consisting of moisture, watery, liquid. Chiefly literary. OE.
R. Kipling The little cargo-boats, that sail the wet seas roun'.
Of land or soil: holding water, waterlogged, heavy. OE.
Of timber: full of sap, unseasoned. LME.
Of paint, varnish, or ink: tacky, sticky, liable to smudge. E16.
Medicine.
a. Designating certain diseases which are characterized by moist secretions. rare. M16.
b. Designating various items used in hydropathic treatment. M19.
Of a defensive ditch: containing water. L16.
Of fish: cured with salt or brine. Also, fresh, not dried. L16.
Of measure: used for liquids. Long rare. L16.
Of or pertaining to alcohol, esp. as drunk in substantial quantities; addicted to drink; tipsy, drunk. colloq. L16.
b. Consisting of alcoholic drink, or concerned with its sale and consumption; spec. (of a country, legislation, etc.) permitting the unrestricted sale of alcohol; (of a person) favouring the unrestricted sale of alcohol, anti-prohibitionist. L18.
a. Of a confection: preserved in syrup; of a syrupy Nature. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
b. Of surgical or natural history specimens: kept in alcohol or Other liquid preservative. M19.
a. Of a Quaker: not rigidly adhering to the observances of his or her sect. colloq. E18.
b. Inept, ineffectual, feeble. Also, derog. (of a politician), having liberal tendencies, esp. Conservative with anti-monetarist or liberal tendencies. colloq. E20.
M. Gee Hugo, don't be so wet I'm not the marrying kind. Marxism Today There is nothing wet about Heseltine. What he represents is not caring capitalism.
Designating technical processes, chemical tests, etc., involving the use of water, solvents, or Other liquids. E19.
Nautical. Of a vessel: liable to ship water over the bows or gunwale. M19.
Of natural gas: containing significant amounts of the vapour of higher hydrocarbons. E20.
Phrases: all wet (orig. & chiefly N. Amer.) mistaken, completely wrong. come with a wet sail make swift progress to victory, like a ship with sails wetted in order to keep close to the wind. dripping wet: see DRIP verb 2. get a person wet NZ slang gain the upper hand over a person; have a person at one's mercy. get wet Austral. slang lose one's temper, become angry. soaking wet: see SOAKING adverb. sopping wet: see SOPPING adverb. wet behind the ears: see EAR noun1. wet from the press arch. (of a newspaper etc.) just printed or published. wet through, wet to the skin with one's clothes soaked. with a wet finger arch. easily, with little effort.
Special collocations & comb.: wet-and-dry bulb adjective designating an instrument comprising two thermometers, used as a psychrometer. wetback colloq. (orig. & chiefly US) an illegal immigrant, orig. one who entered the US by swimming the Rio Grande from Mexico. wet bar N. Amer. a bar or counter in the Home for serving alcoholic Drinks. wet bargain arch.: closed with a drink. wet blanket a person who throws a damper over anything; a gloomy person who stifles others' enjoyment. wet-blanket verb trans. throw a damper over; discourage, depress. wet-bob: see BOB noun5 1. wet bulb one of the two thermometers of a psychrometer, the bulb of which is enclosed in wetted material. wet canteen: see CANTEEN 1. wet cell a voltaic cell in which the electrolyte is a liquid. wet cupping: see CUPPING noun 1. wet diggings (orig. US) gold diggings in or near a river or stream. wet dock a watertight dock in which the water is maintained at the level of high tide, so that vessels can remain constantly afloat in it. wet dream an erotic dream with an involuntary ejaculation of semen. wet-eared adjective = wet behind the ears s.v. EAR noun1. wet fish (a) colloq. a feeble or inept person; (b) fresh fish, as opp. to fish which has been frozen, cooked, or dried. wet fly Angling an artificial fly allowed to sink below the surface of the water. wetland a marsh, swamp, or Other stretch of land that is usually saturated with water (usu. in pl.). wet lease noun & verb (a) noun a lease of an aircraft in which the lessor provides a flight crew and sometimes also fuel; (b) verb trans. lease (an aircraft) together with a flight crew etc. wet look an appearance of a wet or glossy surface, esp. one given to clothing fabrics. wet meter a gas meter in which the gas passes through a body of water. wet-nurse noun & verb (a) noun a woman employed to breast-feed and nurse another's baby (opp. dry-nurse); (b) verb trans. act as a wet-nurse to; colloq. treat tenderly or care for as if helpless. wet plate Photography a sensitized collodion plate exposed in the camera while the collodion is moist. wet process a manufacturing process involving the use of water or Other liquid. wet rent a levy paid to a brewery by a publican in a tied public house in proportion to the amount of beer sold. wet rot a brown rot affecting timber with a high moisture content; the fungus causing this, which is commonly Coniophora puteana. wet season a time of year in which there is the most rainfall. wet shave a shave carried out with soap and water or Other lubricant as opp. to a (usu. electric) razor alone. wet-shod adverb & adjective (obsolete exc. Scot. & dial.) (a) adverb with wet feet; (b) adjective wet-footed. wet smack slang (chiefly US), a spoilsport. wet steam: see STEAM noun. wet strength the strength of paper and textiles when wet. wetsuit a close-fitting garment, usu. of rubber, worn by skin-divers, surfers, etc., to protect them from the cold. wet time in the building trade, time during which work cannot be carried out owing to bad weather. wet trade an occupation involving the use of cement, water, lime, etc., as bricklaying or plastering. wetware [after Hardware, Software] brain cells regarded as chemical materials organized so as to perform arithmetic or logical operations. wet way: see WAY noun. wet-weather adjective (a) associated with or occurring in rainy weather; (b) intended for use in rainy weather.wet-white liquid white theatrical make-up. wet wing (of an aircraft) having fuel pumped directly into the wings as opp. to being pumped into rubber bags contained in the wings.
wetly adverb M16.
wettish adjective somewhat wet LME.

phorate (medicine)


phorate
<chemical> A cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide.

Pharmacological action: cholinesterase inhibitor, insecticide, organothiophosphate.

Chemical name: Phosphorodithioic acid, O,O-diethyl S-((ethylthio)methyl) ester