Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]
   [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
   v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
   {Water}.]
   1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
      moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
      upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
      ``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak.

   2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet
      October's torrent flood.'' --Milton.

   3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
      other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
      distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
      fusion is employed.

   4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.

   {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},
      etc.

   {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]

   Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.

Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See {Wet}, a.]
   1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable
      degree.

            Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.

            Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered
            the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping
            plant.                                --Milton.

   2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

   3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]

Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
   To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
   to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
   surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
   wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears
   from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.

         Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether
         to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
         thirsty earth with falling showers.      --Milton.

   {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
      dram of liquor. [Colloq.]

            Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                  --Walton.

Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
   To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle;
   to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the
   surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to
   wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears
   from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.

         Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether
         to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
         thirsty earth with falling showers.      --Milton.

   {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
      dram of liquor. [Colloq.]

            Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
                                                  --Walton.

Source : WordNet®

wet
     adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet
            bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet
            weather" [ant: {dry}]
     2: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of
        alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet
        platform"; "a wet county" [ant: {dry}]
     3: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow";
        "lactating cows" [syn: {lactating}] [ant: {dry}]
     4: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo";
        "a wet canteen"
     5: very drunk [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto}, {crocked},
         {cockeyed}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed}, {pissed}, {pixilated},
         {plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed}, {soaked},
         {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tiddly}, {tiddley},
         {tight}, {tipsy}]
     [also: {wetting}, {wetted}, {wettest}, {wetter}]

wet
     n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
         window" [syn: {moisture}]
     [also: {wetting}, {wetted}, {wettest}, {wetter}]

wet
     v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: {dry}]
     2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year
        old boy still wets his bed"
     [also: {wetting}, {wetted}, {wettest}, {wetter}]