"wet the bed" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /wɛt ðə ˈbɛd/ 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 Categories (topical): Sleep 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 Sleep: 60 40 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
    Sense id: en-wet_the_bed-en-verb-j3mWgt4~ Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English predicates: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91
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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