"wet the bed" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /wɛt ðə ˈbɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wet the bed.wav Forms: wets the bed [present, singular, third-person], wetting the bed [participle, present], wet the bed [participle, past], wet the bed [past], wetted the bed [participle, past], wetted the bed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wet<,,wet:wetted> the bed}} wet the bed (third-person singular simple present wets the bed, present participle wetting the bed, simple past and past participle wet the bed or wetted the bed)
  1. (idiomatic) To urinate in one's bed (during sleep). Tags: idiomatic Translations (to urinate in one's bed during sleep): 尿床 (niàochuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 尿炕 (niàokàng) (Chinese Mandarin), malsekigi la liton (Esperanto), kastella vuoteensa (Finnish), faire pipi au lit (French), mouiller son lit (French), ベッドを濡らす (beddo wo nurasu) (Japanese), moczyć łóżko [imperfective] (Polish), страда́ть недержа́нием мочи́ (alt: ночны́м) [imperfective] (Russian), mojar la cama (Spanish), kissa i sängen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wet_the_bed-en-verb-T35GOZ3g Disambiguation of "to urinate in one's bed during sleep": 98 2
  2. (euphemistic) To go bad, to fail. Often said of machines; a euphemism for shit the bed. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-wet_the_bed-en-verb-j3mWgt4~ Disambiguation of Sleep: 38 62 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English predicates: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedwetter, bedwetting Related terms: piss-the-bed (alt: pissabed) Coordinate_terms: to wet oneself (english: nearly synonymous, whereas the distinction is wetting one's clothing while awake versus wetting the bedclothes, usually while asleep)
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      "word": "尿床"
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