WET

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wet I. adjectiv

1. umed, jilav, ud;

wet to the skin, wet through ud până la piele, ud leoarcă, murat;

to get wet a) a se uda, a se mura; b) (austr. pop.) a se supăra;

(as) wet as a drowned rat (ud) ciuciulete.

2. ploios; de ploaie; umed, igrasios;

wet weather timp ploios.

3. (despre nămol, smoală etc.) lichid.

4. (amer. ist. sl.) cu autorizaţie de a vinde băuturi spirtoase; (despre un stat) antiprohibiţionist.

wet II. adverb

(fam.) prost, stupid;

to talk wet a spune tâmpenii.

wet III. verb tranzitiv

a uda, a muia, a umezi;

(fam.) to wet a bargain a bea adălmaşul;

(fam.) to wet one's whistle a-şi uda gâtlejul.

wet IV. substantiv

1. umezeală, umiditate; igrasie.

2. vreme ploioasă.

3. (sl.) băutură spirtoasă;

to have a wet a trage o duşcă.

4. (amer. ist.) antiprohibiţionist.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I quickly collected some branches, but they were wet and would not burn.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Towards morning it rained; the whole of the following day was wet.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Doen't keep in that coat, sir, if it's wet.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He must have had a wet ride.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

He wetted the poor white lips with it, and together we rubbed palm and wrist and heart.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Prior research indicates that when pollen becomes wet, it easily ruptures into very small particles.

(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, Editura Global Info)

For a moment I thought they might have got wet and been burned in the drying.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And if it should rain, which I think exceedingly likely, for I never saw it more threatening for a wet evening in my life, you must manage as well as you can, and not be expecting the carriage to be sent for you.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

They concluded that this fairly wet period on Mars likely occurred between two and three billion years ago, long after it is generally thought that most of Mars' original atmosphere had been lost and most of the remaining water on the planet had frozen.

(Some Ancient Mars Lakes Came Long After Others, NASA)

Well, how wet and cold you must be, such a wild night as it is!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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