Wetting

//ˈwɛtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making something wet.

    "It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]"

  2. 2
    the act of making something wet wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of accidental urination on or in something.
  4. 4
    a euphemism for urination wordnet
  5. 5
    An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone. Multicultural-London-English, US, slang

    "Earned my name name for all of them wettings If I let you live, then give blessings"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wet form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That makes (something) wet. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
affusionbaptismbathbathingdelugedrenching

Example

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"Most children grow out of wetting the bed by the age of seven or eight."

Related phrases

pant-wettingwetting agentwetting downwetting machine

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