(~ter, ~test, ~s, ~ting, ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The forms '~' and '~ted' are both used as the past tense and past participle of the verb.
1.
If something is ~, it is covered in water, rain, sweat, tears, or another liquid.
He towelled his ~ hair...
I lowered myself to the water’s edge, getting my feet ~...
My gloves were soaking ~...
I saw his face was ~ with tears.
? dry
ADJ
~ly
Her hair clung ~ly to her head.
ADV: usu ADV after v
~ness
Anti-perspirants stop ~ness, deodorants stop odour.
? dryness
N-UNCOUNT
2.
To ~ something means to get water or some other liquid over it.
When assembling the pie, ~ the edges where the two crusts join...
Fielding nervously ~ his lips and tried to smile.
VERB: V n, V n
3.
If the weather is ~, it is raining.
If the weather is ~ or cold choose an indoor activity...
It was a miserable ~ day.
= rainy
? dry
ADJ
•
The ~ is used to mean ~ weather.
They had come in from the cold and the ~...
N-SING: the N
4.
If something such as paint, ink, or cement is ~, it is not yet dry or solid.
I lay the painting flat to stop the ~ paint running...
? dry
ADJ
5.
If people, especially children, ~ their beds or clothes or ~ themselves, they urinate in their beds or in their clothes because they cannot stop themselves.
A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently ~ the bed...
To put it plainly, they ~ themselves.
VERB: V n, V pron-refl
6.
If you say that someone is still ~ behind the ears, you mean that they have only recently arrived in a new place or job, and are therefore still not experienced.
PHRASE: v-link PHR