as in rains
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection
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as in drowns
to make wet
you need to wet your hair thoroughly first
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Recent Examples of wets
Longji Cui, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Watering from above also wets the foliage, which can lead to fungal diseases or powdery mildew on a mum's leaves.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
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Sweat that can’t escape wets a jacket’s layer of insulation and accelerates heat loss.
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But the recent rains do mean that soils remain wet, which can leave trees more vulnerable to high winds and hillsides more vulnerable to rockfalls and slides.—
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The hotter temperatures are sparking changes in precipitation—rainier rains and drier droughts.—
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Baseus Noise-cancelling Headphones These noise-cancelling headphones are a must-have for frequent travelers, delivering adaptive noise reduction that drowns out jet engine roar, crying babies, and chatty seatmates for peaceful flights or train rides.—
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About once a year, someone drowns.—
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Its funky mysteries flicker in my brain until the perilla sorbet a couple of courses later washes it away.—
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Her animatronic post-World War II body repetitively washes clothes day in and day out, high above the passing cars near the intersection of Vista Avenue and Overland Road.—
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The space, a former artist’s studio turned residence, opens directly onto the street and is crowned by a transom window that floods the interior with natural light.—
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The other will take the easy route, churning out generic content that floods the market but doesn’t resonate with customers.—
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Long soaks and extreme heat damage wood by swelling and drying it unevenly, making spoons more likely to crack and split.—
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In this model, dark matter isn't a particle at all but rather a quantum field that soaks all of space and time.—
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There is a dangerous high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches, and a small craft advisory is in effect for the Atlantic and Florida Keys waters.—
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This could be devastating for Florida, as the Gulf waters off our shores are currently the only part of the Gulf free from the pollution, noise and chaos of offshore drilling.—
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“Wets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wets. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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