wetting
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wetting
- present participle and gerund of wet
Noun[edit]
wetting (plural wettings)
- The act of making something wet.
- 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28:
- It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]
- The act of accidental urination on or in something.
- (US, MLE, slang) An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
- 2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, here Taze (lyrics and music), “Anti”, 3:01–3:05:
- Earned my name name for all of them wettings
If I let you live, then give blessings
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wetting (not comparable)
- That makes (something) wet.
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