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wet

1. rainy, foggy, misty, or humid
2. employing a liquid, usually water
3. Chiefly US and Canadian characterized by or permitting the free sale of alcoholic beverages
4. damp or rainy weather
5. Brit informal a Conservative politician who is considered not to be a hard-liner
6. Chiefly US and Canadian a person who advocates free sale of alcoholic beverages
7. the wet Austral (in northern and central Australia) the rainy season
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wet

[wet]
(physics)
A liquid is said to wet a solid if the contact angle between the solid and the liquid, measured through the liquid, lies between 0 and 90°, and not to wet the solid if the contact angle lies between 90 and 180°.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"Grandma did everything she could to save them she was hovered over them both with a wet blanket," Woodley said in a Facebook post.
Mayer writes that the woman had been "digging her grave with a knife and fork for years." She sketches out the humorless Reverend as a "colorless little vicar able to throw a wet blanket the entire length of a room," and his wife is "no blond" but a "cross between a brunette and a drugstore."
They were using a variety of techniques including running back and forth from the house with buckets of water, using the back of a shovel and even placing a wet blanket on the back of the four wheeler and running over the flames.
PNC member and Auckland regional Secretary and Chairperson Johanna McCamish followed with her presentation entitled "Dealing with Personalities." We were all hoping she would entertain us with stories on how to deal with the rich and famous but she spoke eloquently about personality traits and coping with difficult people at work, including the exploder, the complainer, the know-it-all, the clam, and the wet blanket. She went on to talk of strategies to deal with challenging behaviour and how to take a calm approach in a tricky situation.
If you come across a dog suffering from the effects of the heat, give it water, cover it with a cool, wet blanket or pour water over the animal gently and get it to a vet as soon as possible.
DEAR WET BLANKET: If this behavior is fairly recent, suggest to your husband that he get a checkup.
All geared up to launch the album at the Hard Rock Cafe in Delhi, the duo appeared unaffected by the wet blanket that the Mumbai gig cancellation had thrown their way.
The useless director-general George Entwhistle, the very embodiment of a wet blanket, fell on his sword.
"It threw a wet blanket over the effort for restraint of long-range missile launch and all other efforts for stability of the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding areas, and destroyed the foundation for dialogue and negotiations," he said.
Britons, who are not given vent to their frustrations openly, have been telling the world that these Olympics were going to be memorable not because of the competition, but due to the winds and the weather that might act as a wet blanket and lead to the cancellation of quite a few events.
With so many imaginative minds work-ing together, Wester says, "The most important thing when managing creativity is to get a good structure so everyone understands who can decide what." He adds, "Structure sounds like a wet blanket over creativity, but I think it's a prerequisite to actually getting the right kind of creativity."
AT the risk of being accused of being a wet blanket after the Olympic torch relay passed through Conwy and Denbighshire I wish someone could tell me a) How can Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles be considered inspirational, when that was the criterion laid down when nominees were sought?
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