| slovo | definícia |
wetting
(encz) | wetting,máčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
wetting
(encz) | wetting,namáčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
wetting
(encz) | wetting,navlhnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wetting
(gcide) | 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.
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Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
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To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
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wetting
(wn) | wetting
n 1: the act of making something wet
2: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn:
leak, wetting, making water, passing water] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
admissible wetting time
(encz) | admissible wetting time,přípustná doba zamokření [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
bed-wetting
(encz) | bed-wetting,noční pomočování n: Zdeněk Brož |
soil wetting cause
(encz) | soil wetting cause,příčina zamokření [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
wetting agent
(encz) | wetting agent, n: |
wetting front
(encz) | wetting front,čelo zvlhčení [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Wetting
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
[1913 Webster] |
bed-wetting
(wn) | bed-wetting
n 1: enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who
usually outgrow it) |
wetting agent
(wn) | wetting agent
n 1: a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of
a liquid in which it is dissolved [syn: wetting agent,
wetter, surfactant, surface-active agent] |
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