- wetness
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
wetness
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Wetness — Wet ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wetness — sweat Female usage and advertising jargon: The confident, knowledgeable people with public lives which transcend choices about bathroom bowl cleaners and products to prevent underarm wetness have been males. (Mackie, 1983) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
wetness — wet ► ADJECTIVE (wetter, wettest) 1) covered or saturated with liquid. 2) (of the weather) rainy. 3) involving the use of water or liquid. 4) (of paint, ink, etc.) not yet having dried or hardened. 5) Brit. informal lacking forcefulness or… … English terms dictionary
wetness — noun the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) (Freq. 1) he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks • Ant: ↑dryness • Derivationally related forms: ↑wet • Hypernyms: ↑condition, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wetness — wet·ness (wĕtʹnĭs) n. 1. The condition of being wet. 2. Moisture. 3. Rainy or persistently damp weather. * * * … Universalium
wetness — noun a) The condition of being wet. b) Moisture. Ant: dryness … Wiktionary
wetness — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. moisture, dampness, liquid, water, humidity, clamminess, mist, fog, rain. ANT.: dryness, aridity … English dictionary for students
wetness — wet·ness || wetnɪs n. moisture, dampness … English contemporary dictionary
wetness — n. 1. Moisture, humidity. 2. Fogginess, mistiness, wet … New dictionary of synonyms
wetness — wet·ness … English syllables
