English: wet

English verb 'wet' conjugated

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wet
Participle: wetted; wet
Gerund: wetting

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of wet

Indicative

Present

Iwet
youwet
he;she;itwets
wewet
youwet
theywet

Perfect

Ihave wetted; wet
youhave wetted; wet
he;she;ithas wetted; wet
wehave wetted; wet
youhave wetted; wet
theyhave wetted; wet

Past

Iwetted; wet
youwetted; wet
he;she;itwetted; wet
wewetted; wet
youwetted; wet
theywetted; wet

Pluperfect

Ihad wetted; wet
youhad wetted; wet
he;she;ithad wetted; wet
wehad wetted; wet
youhad wetted; wet
theyhad wetted; wet

Future

Iwill wet
youwill wet
he;she;itwill wet
wewill wet
youwill wet
theywill wet

Future Perfect

Iwill have wetted; wet
youwill have wetted; wet
he;she;itwill have wetted; wet
wewill have wetted; wet
youwill have wetted; wet
theywill have wetted; wet

Subjunctive

Present

Iwet
youwet
he;she;itwet
wewet
youwet
theywet

Perfect

Ihave wetted; wet
youhave wetted; wet
he;she;ithave wetted; wet
wehave wetted; wet
youhave wetted; wet
theyhave wetted; wet

Imperfect

Iwetted; wet
youwetted; wet
he;she;itwetted; wet
wewetted; wet
youwetted; wet
theywetted; wet

Pluperfect

Ihad wetted; wet
youhad wetted; wet
he;she;ithad wetted; wet
wehad wetted; wet
youhad wetted; wet
theyhad wetted; wet

Conditional

Present

Iwould wet
youwould wet
he;she;itwould wet
wewould wet
youwould wet
theywould wet

Perfect

Iwould have wetted; wet
youwould have wetted; wet
he;she;itwould have wetted; wet
wewould have wetted; wet
youwould have wetted; wet
theywould have wetted; wet

Imperative

youwet
weLet's wet
youwet

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam wetting
youare wetting
he;she;itis wetting
weare wetting
youare wetting
theyare wetting

Perfect

Ihave been wetting
youhave been wetting
he;she;ithas been wetting
wehave been wetting
youhave been wetting
theyhave been wetting

Past

Iwas wetting
youwere wetting
he;she;itwas wetting
wewere wetting
youwere wetting
theywere wetting

Pluperfect

Ihad been wetting
youhad been wetting
he;she;ithad been wetting
wehad been wetting
youhad been wetting
theyhad been wetting

Future

Iwill be wetting
youwill be wetting
he;she;itwill be wetting
wewill be wetting
youwill be wetting
theywill be wetting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been wetting
youwill have been wetting
he;she;itwill have been wetting
wewill have been wetting
youwill have been wetting
theywill have been wetting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be wetting
youwould be wetting
he;she;itwould be wetting
wewould be wetting
youwould be wetting
theywould be wetting

Perfect

Iwould have been wetting
youwould have been wetting
he;she;itwould have been wetting
wewould have been wetting
youwould have been wetting
theywould have been wetting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wet'

bet, knit, quit, shut, wet, one-shot,

Verbs similar to 'wet'

bet, fet, get, jet, let, net, pet, ret, set, vet,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

soak
drench, saturate, deluge, bathe, douse, hose, drown, dampen

Antonyms

soak
wring, drain, desiccate, dry

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. wæt "moist, liquid," from P.Gmc. *wætaz (cf. O.Fris. wet ). Also from the O.N. form, vatr. All related to water. The verb is O.E. wætan "to be wet." Wet blanket "person who has a dispiriting effect" is recorded from 1879, from use of blankets drenched in water to smother fires (the phrase is attested in this literal sense from 1662). All wet "in the wrong" is recorded from 1923, Amer.Eng.; earlier simply wet "ineffectual," and perhaps ult. from slang meaning "drunken" (c.1700). Wet-nurse is from 1620; wet dream is from 1851; wetback "illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S." is attested from c.1924, from notion of wading the Rio Grande.
2. From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-West Germanic *wātijan, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).
3. Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”). See: Proto-Germanic '*wētijaną', Scots 'weit', Frisian, Saterlandic 'wäitje', Icelandic 'væta', Scots 'weit'.

Sample Sentences

  • “ It don't seem to comfort me, but I spect it orter, ” said Aunt Chloe. “ But dar's no use talkin ’; I'll jes wet up de corn-cake, and get ye one good breakfast, ’ cause nobody knows when you'll get another. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)

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