"wet down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wets down [present, singular, third-person], wetting down [participle, present], wet down [participle, past], wet down [past], wetted down [participle, past], wetted down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wet<,,wet:++> down}} wet down (third-person singular simple present wets down, present participle wetting down, simple past and past participle wet down or wetted down)
  1. (transitive) To make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it. Tags: transitive Derived forms: wetdown [noun]
    Sense id: en-wet_down-en-verb-7OEOqwjw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

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