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wetting

Other forms: wettings

Definitions of wetting
  1. noun
    the act of making something wet
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    types:
    dousing, ducking, immersion, submersion
    the act of wetting something by submerging it
    drenching, soaking, souse, sousing
    the act of making something completely wet
    dampening, moistening
    the act of making something slightly wet
    splash, splashing
    the act of scattering water about haphazardly
    watering
    wetting with water
    basting
    moistening a roast as it is cooking
    sparge, sprinkle, sprinkling
    the act of sprinkling or splashing water
    type of:
    change of state
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
  2. noun
    a euphemism for urination
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    type of:
    micturition, urination
    the discharge of urine
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