"wetting" meaning in English

See wetting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ [US], [ˈwɛɾɪŋ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-wetting.wav
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wetting (not comparable)
  1. That makes (something) wet. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: wetting agent
    Sense id: en-wetting-en-adj-wVc-gElc

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ [US], [ˈwɛɾɪŋ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-wetting.wav Forms: wettings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} wetting (plural wettings)
  1. The act of making something wet. Translations (act of making something wet): kastelu (Finnish), fliuchán [masculine] (Irish), molhada (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-wetting-en-noun-Ar6GX5ET Disambiguation of 'act of making something wet': 89 5 6
  2. The act of accidental urination on or in something. Translations (act of accidental urination): kastelu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wetting-en-noun-wXy5VzkL Disambiguation of 'act of accidental urination': 13 75 13
  3. (US, MLE, slang) An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, US, slang Categories (topical): Murder
    Sense id: en-wetting-en-noun-GngN~0Ea Disambiguation of Murder: 20 5 7 63 4 Categories (other): American English, Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 7 57 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 5 6 51 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 11 53 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 3 62 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 5 9 58 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 4 7 65 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 5 8 60 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedwetting, pant-wetting, wetting down, wetting machine

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛtɪŋ/ [US], [ˈwɛɾɪŋ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-wetting.wav
Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wetting
  1. present participle and gerund of wet Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wet
    Sense id: en-wetting-en-verb-B9mnr8PV

Inflected forms

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