wet
adjective
moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid.
have wetted
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present perfectof wet.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It could only have wetted its bill, but Mr. Stuart had marked the spot, and there was water.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt
We have made our showers to descend abundantly from heaven; we have caused the crops to grow; we have wetted the plantain bushes.
From The Great Taboo by Grant Allen
One unclasped the saw collar, one unbraced the waistcoat, another sprinkled water over him—not a bucketful this time, because they would have wetted themselves.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
If we had waited any longer, the snow would have wetted them, and they would have stuck on the sides of the mountain.”
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc
"I am quite provoked you should have wetted your feet in such a cause."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
