wet

Etymology: Middle English, partly from past participle of weten to wet & partly from Old English w[AE]t wet; akin to Old Norse vAtr wet, Old English wæter water
1 a : consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (as water) b of natural gas : containing appreciable quantities of readily condensable hydrocarbons
2 : RAINY <wet weather>
3 : still moist enough to smudge or smear <wet paint>
4 a : DRUNK 1a <a wet driver> b : having or advocating a policy permitting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages <a wet county> <a wet candidate>
5 : preserved in liquid
6 : employing or done by means of or in the presence of water or other liquid <wet extraction of copper>
7 : overly sentimental
8 British a : lacking strength of character : WEAK, SPINELESS <thought him wet and violence petrified him -- William Golding> b : belonging to the moderate or liberal wing of the Conservative party