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wet

/wet/adjective

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गीला, भीगा; बरसाती

wet का हिंदी में अर्थ है गीला, भीगा; बरसाती. In English, wet means covered with or containing liquid, especially water; (of weather) rainy; (of paint) not yet dry.

Basic word

adjectivewetter, wettest
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    covered with or containing liquid, especially water; (of weather) rainy; (of paint) not yet dry

    गीला, भीगा; बरसाती

    • wet clothes
    • a wet day
    • Wet paint!
    + 4 more examples
    • My shoes are wet because I walked through the puddles.
    • Be careful, the floor is wet.
    • It was a cold, wet evening in Chennai.
    • The wet paint came off on my sleeve.

    Synonyms damp moist soaked drenched rainy

    Opposite dry arid

verbwetting, wet or wetted
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    [T]

    to make something wet

    गीला करना

    • Wet the cloth.
    • Wet your hands before using the soap.
    • The rain wetted the dry earth.
    + 1 more example
    • Don't wet the pages of the book.

    Synonyms moisten dampen soak sprinkle

    Opposite dry

≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Keep the wet words by degree: damp (slightly wet), moist (slightly wet, often pleasantly), wet, soaked, drenched (completely wet), saturated, waterlogged (full of water: 'waterlogged fields').

गीलेपन के शब्द मात्रा के अनुसार याद रखिए: damp (थोड़ा गीला, नम), moist (थोड़ा गीला, प्रायः सुखद), wet, soaked, drenched (पूरी तरह भीगा, तर), saturated, waterlogged (पानी से भरा: 'waterlogged fields', जलमग्न)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Wet behind the ears (young and without experience), a wet blanket (a person who spoils other people's fun), wet your whistle (informal, have a drink).

Idioms: wet behind the ears (युवा और अनुभवहीन, कच्चा), a wet blanket (दूसरों का मज़ा बिगाड़ने वाला), wet your whistle (अनौपचारिक, कुछ पीना)।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

Geography: wetlands (marshes, swamps) are protected under the Ramsar Convention (1971).

भूगोल में आर्द्रभूमियाँ (दलदल) रामसर कन्वेंशन (1971) के तहत संरक्षित हैं।