to wet
55
6.5
- verb
- /wɛt/
:
hacerse pis
- - I wet my bed.
- wet the bed
And one of our sons had wet his bed.
- And one of our sons had wet his bed.
- This is why babies young children often will wet their bed.
- I was at the bar the other day and a man was wearing beige chinos and he'd wet himself.
- Oh, God, I just wet myself.
- They called me PO Theo 'cause I wet the bed, right?
- And by supportive I mean just stood there wetting herself laughing.
- Any recess, right bed wetting, nightmares, not sleeping deep enough, not sleeping long enough, fears.
Examples
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When kids get scared, they wet their pants.
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When he was little, he often wet the bed during the night.
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It's possible I may wet the bed, by the way.
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- Sometimes I wet my bed.
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But, Mom, he'll wet the bed!
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Yeah, but I think you will probably wet your pants.
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I think I'm going to wet myself.
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I know you're asking yourself why your boy still wets his bed at night.
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Miss Pickett wet the bed and we thought she'd outgrown that.
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I've got one kid on Prozac and another who wets the bed.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
947
8.3
To pass urine in rude speech
371
2.6
To let out the body's yellow liquid
69
3.3
To pass urine
16
3.5
To pee in bed while sleeping by accident, often in children
To accidentally pee in your clothes from fear, laughter, or embarrassment
Idioms
- Archaic
To be extremely tired and worn after hard work or rough treatment
Phrasal Verbs
- NSFW
To accidentally pee in your clothes from fear, laughter, or embarrassment
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious lung illness in which fluid and swelling make breathing hard, often after breathing in chemical fumes
- Specialized
A small tool with a bulb covered in a wet cloth used to measure humidity
How Soiled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wet meaning 'to pass urine' comes from the general verb 'to make wet'; for example, to 'wet the bed' is to make the bed wet with urine. So this use is just a specific case of making something wet.