as in washing
to make wet
you need to wet your hair thoroughly first
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Recent Examples of wetting
Increase the resistance on this exercise by wetting the towel first.
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Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Potential for wetting rain exists and could provide additional containment opportunities.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
To clean, start by wetting the inside of your shower.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
These periodic changes in wetting matched the dissolution and precipitation of sulfur compounds during cycling.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
My three-year-old sleeps beside us stripped from the waist down after wetting her own bed hours ago.
—Ellyn Gaydos
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Potential for wetting rain exists and could provide additional containment opportunities.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
To clean, start by wetting the inside of your shower.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
These periodic changes in wetting matched the dissolution and precipitation of sulfur compounds during cycling.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
My three-year-old sleeps beside us stripped from the waist down after wetting her own bed hours ago.
—Ellyn Gaydos
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wetting
Verb
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These jokes revolved around the idea of misusing objects, like putting food on their heads, and pretend play like washing hands without soap or water.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Regularly washing your sheets is crucial in maintaining sleep hygiene, and some approaches to washing sheets are more effective than others.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The site has been weaponized to magnify climate denial and vaccine denial messaging, while drowning out actual authoritative scientific sources and voices.—
Michael E. Mann,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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In 2025, sales teams are drowning in data but starving for actionable insights.—
Rohit Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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But then the torrent of anonymous text messages that would put their relationship to the test began flooding in.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, rinsing again can increase the risk of cross-contamination from your sink, hands, or utensils.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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In addition to rinsing your toothbrush thoroughly after use to remove any remaining bacteria and debris, experts suggest replacing it every three to four months.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Still, almost 30,000 people waited with sweat soaking their shirts, standing on tiptoe to get a glimpse of the men walking toward the center of the arena.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Stein recommends soaking them in a mixture of water and a bit of laundry detergent or stain remover.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Residents were seen in the initial minutes of the fire watering their roofs and vegetation around their homes as the smoke plume grew in the distance.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Consider watering your plants and trees during the fall and winter when temperatures are warm.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Wetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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