"wet-sand" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "wet-sands",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet-sanding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet-sanded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet-sanded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, George Bojaciuk, Building and Detailing Scale Model Muscle Cars, page 24",
          "text": "I applied additional coats as needed and wet-sanded it smooth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Colin Date, Mitch Burns, 101 GM Muscle Car Performance Projects, page 46",
          "text": "Properly wet-sanding your vehicle will make a night-and-day difference in the final presentation and sleekness of your paint job.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Steven Dodd Hughes, Double Guns and Custom Gunsmithing, page 86",
          "text": "The stock is then wet-sanded using gray Scotchbrite and wiped off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wet sand",
        "To sand with fine-grained sandpaper and lubricant."
      ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 July, Clem Labine, “Patching Cracks in Plaster”, in Old-House Journal, volume 5, number 7, page 81",
          "text": "AFTER DRYING, the first coat can be wet-sanded with a damp sponge, and then a finish coat is brushed on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, James Emmerson Russell, Methods and materials of residential construction, page 156",
          "text": "To avoid the dust problems, the joints may be wet-sanded or sponged rather than dry-sanded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Mark Dixon, Bob Heidt, House Painting Inside & Out, page 72",
          "text": "New drywall can be \"wet-sanded\" with a sponge to eliminate dust, but be careful not to get the compound too wet or sponge it too much — the mud will loosen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wet sand",
        "To smooth with a sponge."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "wet-sand"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wet-sands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet-sanding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet-sanded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wet-sanded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "wet-sand (third-person singular simple present wet-sands, present participle wet-sanding, simple past and past participle wet-sanded)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, George Bojaciuk, Building and Detailing Scale Model Muscle Cars, page 24",
          "text": "I applied additional coats as needed and wet-sanded it smooth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Colin Date, Mitch Burns, 101 GM Muscle Car Performance Projects, page 46",
          "text": "Properly wet-sanding your vehicle will make a night-and-day difference in the final presentation and sleekness of your paint job.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Steven Dodd Hughes, Double Guns and Custom Gunsmithing, page 86",
          "text": "The stock is then wet-sanded using gray Scotchbrite and wiped off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wet sand",
        "To sand with fine-grained sandpaper and lubricant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wet sand",
          "wet sand#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 July, Clem Labine, “Patching Cracks in Plaster”, in Old-House Journal, volume 5, number 7, page 81",
          "text": "AFTER DRYING, the first coat can be wet-sanded with a damp sponge, and then a finish coat is brushed on.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, James Emmerson Russell, Methods and materials of residential construction, page 156",
          "text": "To avoid the dust problems, the joints may be wet-sanded or sponged rather than dry-sanded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Mark Dixon, Bob Heidt, House Painting Inside & Out, page 72",
          "text": "New drywall can be \"wet-sanded\" with a sponge to eliminate dust, but be careful not to get the compound too wet or sponge it too much — the mud will loosen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wet sand",
        "To smooth with a sponge."
      ],
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        [
          "wet sand",
          "wet sand#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wet-sand"
}