I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a damp/wet patch
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There were damp patches on the ceilings.
a dry/wet spell
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Keep fuchsias well watered during prolonged dry spells in summer.
be wet/damp with sweat
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She had been exercising and her hair was damp with sweat.
damp/wet
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His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell.
dripping wet
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Take off that jacket – you’re dripping wet .
dry/wet
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We've had a very dry summer.
the rainy/wet/dry season (= when the weather is rainy, wet, dry etc )
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In the rainy season, roads became a quagmire.
wet bar
wet blanket
wet dream
wet fish
wet nurse
wet snow
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He cleared the wet snow from the car windscreen.
wet suit
wet
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Careful – the paint is still wet.
wet
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She had been left in a wet nappy all day.
wet/damp
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A damp climate can damage buildings.
wet/firm/soft etc underfoot
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The wet wood is very slippery underfoot.
wet/rainy
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I’m so sick of this wet weather.
wetting agent
wetting solution
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
soaking
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But towards morning heavy clouds spread across. Soaking wet , they moved inside and tried to sleep.
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More than once they saw a passer-by, soaking wet , shout threats and curses at an open window.
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Oliver's was still soaking wet .
still
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Looking down at the curve of her cheekbone, still wet with tears, he suddenly wanted her, quite overwhelmingly.
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The paint was still wet and dripping down.
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In the third year of life 40 percent of children who are still wet achieve dryness at night.
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Once the angled section was in position, the two adjoining horizontal pieces were hung while everything was still wet and workable.
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Long enough for Paige to be aware of Travis's still wet hair, and that his only covering was his jeans.
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On machine-made paper the watermark is embossed into the sheet whilst it is still wet .
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This can be done when the wash is still wet .
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It was still wet and choked with gritty mud.
very
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The mountains were shrouded in mist and the lough looked grey and uninviting, and I got very wet .
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He was not unduly damaged, only very , very wet .
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Born in late March they had excellent birth coats and survived very wet conditions well.
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Luckily no one drowned but a few people got very wet !
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The path here can be very wet , but planks have been laid down over the worst parts.
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Rubber and plastic boots are intended for use in very wet places but will not allow the feet to breathe.
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When the passport was very wet , he tore it slowly into little pieces.
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The area was very wet with a large puddle directly under the end of the slide.
■ NOUN
blanket
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The bullets thumped into the wet blanket in front of me, making it jump like there was a bear inside.
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The morose Mitchells wins the wet blanket award.
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But there was no large wet blanket to be had.
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Morose Michell wins the wet blanket award.
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They thought he was a middle aged wet blanket .
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Most of all, the Colonel was intrigued that the wet blanket had absorbed the energy of the pistol shots.
clothes
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In less than an hour he was changing his wet clothes .
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Unfortunately a cold home, heated only when there are wet clothes around, causes damp and consequently health problems.
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Grace finished her drink quickly, and changed out of her wet clothes .
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Robyn breathed a weary sigh of relief, and threw the carrier of wet clothes on to the floor.
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When the ship goes down, the actors all have to come on stage in wet clothes .
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Putting on my wet clothes , I moved out of the hut.
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He draped his wet clothes over a chair in front of the stove and ladled rice and beans on to two plates.
day
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We had had a long wet day on the moors but in the late afternoon the weather cleared.
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Just the thing for a wet day !
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On a long, lowland walk on a pouring wet day my feet were no more than damp - a pleasant surprise.
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Food for thought on a wet day for both the developmental and evolutionary biologist.
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Many a wet day was passed in this way for he let me help him, or did I hinder?
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On higher ground, the number of such wet days rises to over 220 days per year.
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Coronation Day , in June 1953, was a memorably wet day.
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One wet day , though, in 1985 Bellerby Feast had almost ceased to exist.
days
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On higher ground, the number of such wet days rises to over 220 days per year.
dream
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That was the only real wet dream he could remember having.
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Barren Leaves Spontaneous overflows of powerful feeling: Wet dreams , wet dreams, in libraries congealing.
fish
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There was a wet fish shop just there and in my eagerness to escape I darted in.
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Oswald and his wife Jenny have been selling wet fish from their stall for 45 years.
foot
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Prevents wet feet when working on the foredeck or on the lee rail in rough weather.
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Tackling patches of snow in modern, lightweight footwear doesn't have to mean wet feet .
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His wet feet slithered on a wooden ramp which sounded hollowly underneath.
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Since then I have had no problems with wet feet though.
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Isabel didn't even notice her wet feet as she encountered the pools of water left by the rain.
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Try to walk another footpath on the site, you end up with very wet feet .
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I used them on many rainy days, and never once suffered from wet feet .
grass
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The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind.
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His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell.
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It slithered for a few feet on the wet grass .
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Bigwig jumped down from the bank into the field and ran in a long curve across the wet grass .
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Presently she heard footsteps slipping on the wet grass , and then one of the doors groaned open.
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She clasped it, landing at the foot of the dune with her face in the wet grass .
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Finlayson half-turned, ducked under the flying bottle, slipped on the wet grass , and fell.
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It's water-resistance had a fair testing in long wet grass and stream wading.
ground
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We grapple on the wet ground - both of us with a hand on his gun.
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Pushing myself up off the wet ground , I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets.
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Idly she began to stab at the wet ground with it, but it struck something hard straight away.
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But why did he stand in the cold, on wet ground , for five or ten minutes?
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He flopped back on to the wet ground .
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A good tread will generally give a good grip, but as with a car, watch out on wet ground !
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Both Vibram and Skywalk soles, and other similar types, will give problems on wet ground unless you take care.
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The wet ground pulled at our feet as we walked.
hair
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They laid her on the grass and her wet hair was shiny, like it was slick with grease.
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He swam vigorously, ducking his head in the water and flinging back his wet hair .
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Any styling effort applied to sopping wet hair is usually unnecessary and wastes a lot of time.
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Long enough for Paige to be aware of Travis's still wet hair , and that his only covering was his jeans.
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Blot wet hair with a towel to remove excess water before applying an intensive conditioner.
night
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When wet nights are only an occasional problem try and see whether there is any pattern.
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If no obvious dramas have occurred, suggest your child keeps a diary which indicates dry or wet nights .
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It may become clear they are likely to have a wet night before or after an event.
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A wet night and a skidding car, as Fox had said.
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October and November passed in wild untidy days and wet nights which left the windows plastered with yellow leaves.
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Not relishing the prospect of a cold wet night solo on the beach, I had to follow!
nurse
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I remember the names of the two servants were Abatahun and Astakakalij, the wet nurse .
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It proved impossible to find enough wet nurses for the thousands of babies left at the hospital.
sand
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For example, if you wanted the effect of wet sand when the tide is low.
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She had trodden them into the wet sand and they were horrible.
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We trekked across the wet sand towards Tony on the far bank ahead of us.
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Cutting stone was done with a rope dipped in wet sand and used like a saw.
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Another mountain of water came, pushed me up the beach, and I fell on the wet sand .
season
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Because they were five thousand feet above sea level the climate was marvellous, apart from the wet season .
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In a wet season the soil begins to cool down rapidly from the beginning of September onwards so early sowing is essential.
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It is a very dry area and only has rain during the wet season .
soil
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Take advantage of wet soil to put mulches in places, especially round newly-planted stock.
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During freezing in wet soil , water is drawn into horizons which solidify in parallel layers, forcing soil and stones upward.
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Jezrael dropped where she stood, on the cold wet soil above a thermal.
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It dislikes wet soils , particularly in winter.
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It is quite at home on dry as well as wet soils .
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Aeration and drainage on cold, wet soils can be improved by digging in generous amounts of pea-sized grit and well-rotted manure.
spell
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We would pray for fine weather as a prolonged wet spell meant ruin for our efforts.
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Prepare the ground with leaf-mould and a little bonemeal, and mulch with leaf-mould during a wet spell each summer.
suit
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Costume Supervisor Daphne Dare designed their appearance, basing their shape on a standard skin-diver's wet suit .
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Scientists theorised that both attacks were cases of sharks mistaking divers in wet suits for seals.
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The wet suit should be tight fitting and allow reasonable freedom of movement.
summer
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They're up to their ears in them because the wet summer has produced a glut ... and forced prices to rock bottom.
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Double-flowered petunias are also prone to rotting in wet summers .
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During that long, wet summer I had two painful tasks.
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Far from cultivating a golden tan, I had difficulty in keeping the rust at bay during a particularly wet summer .
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It was in the sad, wet summer of 1945.
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But now there's no sound, blinds tightly drawn, Another wet summer has come and gone.
weather
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Sheep, hardy creatures in many ways, proved curiously vulnerable to prolonged wet weather .
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Sensible shoes are recommended, especially wellington boots in wet weather .
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In summer there is often plenty of wet weather too.
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Heat and wet weather , damp.
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The wet weather has already caused the abandonment of several fixtures, including today's card at Ludlow.
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In wet weather hand them inside to deter mould.
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P.P. It was a tough life, especially in wet weather .
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The wet weather must have made her rusty, for whenever she stood up she winced.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ever so cold/wet/nice etc
wet through/cooked through etc
wringing wet
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Your clothes are wringing wet.
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My three-piece was wringing wet, but eventually I dried it out, and the rest I just bagged together.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a wet towel
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Be careful, the floor is still wet .
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Don't touch the wall - the paint's still wet .
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Freshly wet roads are dangerous because oil and dust mix with the water to make them slippery.
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Hurry up with the umbrella - I'm getting wet !
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I can't come out yet - my hair's still wet .
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Let's not sit here - the grass is wet .
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When he got out of the boat, the sleeves of his sweater were all wet .
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You'd better change out of those wet clothes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Angry with herself for reacting to him, she peeled off her wet swimsuit and vigorously began to towel her body.
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In places the path can be wet and slippery, so obviously wear your boots.
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Like discs, they do a cleaner job in dry than in wet conditions.
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Money passed through his hands with the slippery insecurity of a wet ball.
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Pushing myself up off the wet ground, I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets.
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The bagels, almost dry, got wet again.
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The weather was wet and chilly and this run underlines the standard that White is setting in the club this year.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bed
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Even dry children may wet the bed under stress, like a change of school, a divorce or moving house.
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Another makes a pet of a snowball, which wets the bed then runs away.
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It made the sheets feel as if she'd wet the bed .
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Tickle him until he wets the bed .
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Child may wet the bed and have constipation.
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Every other night he wet his bed , and he argued with Clarisa almost constantly.
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Depth of sleep Many parents say that they think their child wets the bed because of being in such deep sleep.
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Dear Kidsday: My 8-year-old sister still wets the bed !
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ever so cold/wet/nice etc
wet through/cooked through etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Wetting the toothbrush before you put the toothpaste on makes the bristles softer.
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She wet her index finger and cleaned the spot off the mirror.
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The other hairdresser usually wets my hair before she cuts it.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bath could not hit their top gear of late as they too slithered around in the wet .
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If only her guest partner, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, wasn't such a wet .