Most children grow out of wetting the bed by the age of seven or eight.
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Wetting
/ˈwɛtɪŋ/
Synonyms for "wetting" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Adjective(1 words)
french hydratation
Related words (26)
Noun(16 words)
moistenmoisten the papermoisteningmoistening processmoisturepaper moisteningpassing watersoakagesoakingsoil wettingspreadabilityspreadingwatering schedulewet the paperwetnesswettability
Verb(2 words)
moisten with steamwetted
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12 entriescapillary actioncomplete wettingcontact angle effectdampeningdynamic wettinginternal moisturemoisteningpartial wettingsaturationsoakingsurface moisturesurface wetting
Collocations
8 entriessoil wettingsurface wettingwater spreadingwetted areawetting agentwetting behaviorwetting frontwetting tendency
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Mary is wetting her hair.
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I am wetting my handkerchief.
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When she came to the place where the footpath led across the moor, she found small pools of water, and a great deal of mud, so she threw the loaf into the mud, and trod upon it, that she might pass without wetting her feet.
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