wet the baby's head in English

Forms: wets the baby's head [present, singular, third-person], wetting the baby's head [participle, present], wet the baby's head [participle, past], wet the baby's head [past], wetted the baby's head [participle, past], wetted the baby's head [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|wet<,,wet:> the baby's head}} wet the baby's head (third-person singular simple present wets the baby's head, present participle wetting the baby's head, simple past and past participle wet the baby's head or wetted the baby's head)

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          "ref": "2011, Sheila Kitzinger, Rediscovering Birth",
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"wet the baby's head" meaning in English

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