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Soak (verb)
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
“I’m going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.”
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Soak (verb)
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
“Soak the beans overnight before cooking.”
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Soak (verb)
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
“The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.”
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Soak (verb)
To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
“A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.”
“I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.”
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Soak (verb)
To take money from.
“1928, w|Upton Sinclair, Boston”
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Soak (verb)
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
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Soak (verb)
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
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Soak (verb)
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
“We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.”
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Soak (verb)
To absorb; to drain.
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Soak (noun)
An immersion in water etc.
“After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.”
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Soak (noun)
A drunkard.
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Soak (noun)
A carouse; a drinking session.
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Soak (noun)
A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
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Wet (adjective)
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
“wetting”
“Water is wet.”
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Wet (adjective)
Of an object, etc.: covered or water.
“damp|saturated|soaked|Thesaurus:wet”
“dry”
“I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.”
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Wet (adjective)
Of a sandwich, or other covered in a sauce.
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Wet (adjective)
Of depositing a large amount of ink from the feed.
“This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.”
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Wet (adjective)
Of a sound recording: having had effects applied.
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Wet (adjective)
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
“damp|raining|rainy”
“dry|sunny”
“It’s going to be wet tomorrow.”
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Wet (adjective)
Of a person: task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
“green|wet behind the ears”
“That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.”
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Wet (adjective)
(of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
“horny|moist|Thesaurus:randy”
“He got me all wet.”
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Wet (adjective)
Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
“feeble|hopeless|useless”
“Don’t be so wet.”
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Wet (adjective)
Permitting alcoholic beverages.
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Wet (adjective)
Refreshed with drunk.
“inebriated|soused|Thesaurus:drunk”
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Wet (adjective)
Of a working with matter.
“dry”
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Wet (adjective)
Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
“the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed”
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Wet (adjective)
Involving assassination or “wet work”.
“a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff”
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Wet (noun)
Liquid or moisture.
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Wet (noun)
Rainy weather.
“Don’t go out in the wet.”
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Wet (noun)
Rainy season. (often capitalized)
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Wet (noun)
A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
“dry”
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Wet (noun)
An alcoholic drink.
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Wet (noun)
One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
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Wet (verb)
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
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Wet (verb)
To accidentally urinate in or on.
“Johnny wets the bed several times a week.”
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Wet (verb)
To make or become wet.
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Wet (verb)
To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
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Wet (verb)
To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
“to wet the baby’s head”
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Wet (verb)
misspelling of whet
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Wet (adjective)
covered or saturated with water or another liquid
“she followed, slipping on the wet rock”
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Wet (adjective)
(of the weather) rainy
“a wet, windy evening”
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Wet (adjective)
(of paint, ink, plaster, or a similar substance) not yet having dried or hardened
“the waterproofer can easily be washed off while it is still wet”
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Wet (adjective)
(of a baby or young child) having urinated in its nappy or underwear
“the baby was wet and needed changing”
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Wet (adjective)
involving the use of water or liquid
“wet methods of photography”
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Wet (adjective)
(of a ship) liable to take in water over her bows or sides.
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Wet (adjective)
showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble
“they thought the cadets were a bit wet”
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Wet (adjective)
Conservative with liberal tendencies, especially as regarded by right-wing Conservatives
“they came across as the most liberal or wet members of the government”
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Wet (adjective)
(of a country or region or of its legislation) allowing the free sale of alcoholic drink.
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Wet (adjective)
(of a person) addicted to or drinking alcohol
“our programme depends on our willingness to help other alcoholics, both wet and dry”
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Wet (verb)
cover or touch with liquid; moisten
“he wetted a finger and flicked through the pages”
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Wet (verb)
(especially of a baby or young child) urinate in or on
“while dreaming the child wet the bed”
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Wet (verb)
urinate involuntarily
“she was going to wet herself from fear”
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Wet (verb)
infuse (tea) by pouring on boiling water
“she said she’d wet the tea immediately because they must be parched”
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Wet (noun)
liquid that makes something damp
“I could feel the wet of his tears”
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Wet (noun)
rainy weather
“the race was held in the wet”
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Wet (noun)
a drink
“I took a wet from my bottle”
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Wet (noun)
a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character
“there are sorts who look like gangsters and sorts who look like wets”
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Wet (noun)
a Conservative with liberal tendencies
“the wets favoured a change in economic policy”
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Wet (noun)
a person opposed to the prohibition of alcohol.