wetting
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈwɛtɪŋ/
- Baby Talk
- Although the pants-wetting was dangerously close to happening.
- bed-wetting
- wetting issues
- wetting problem
Examples
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The teacher spoke gently about wetting to help the students feel comfortable discussing their problems.
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Which almost made up for the bed-wetting.
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Bed-wetting is nothing to be ashamed of, Peanut.
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If you'd said that before, you'd have saved us both a wetting.
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The year had been one of nightmares and bed-wetting, but she had kept the terrible "secret" locked inside.
Fiction book (1993) -
Daytime talk shows, of course, routinely include material so seemingly private as to make bed-wetting seem quaint.
Blog text (5) -
It's normal for young children to experience wetting at night, and parents should reassure them.
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After a long day at school, he felt embarrassed about his wetting incident during nap time.
Synonyms
60
5.6
An act of letting out the body's yellow liquid
11
4.6
To let urine leave your body
To let out urine from the body
An act of peeing to empty your bladder
Compounds
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wetting used for urination comes from the simple verb wet, which means 'to make something wet'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a child who has 'wet' their clothes, so wetting became a polite, gentle word for that act.