WETTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wetter mean? 

• WETTER (noun)
  The noun WETTER has 3 senses:

1. a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

2. a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process

3. someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed

  Familiarity information: WETTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WETTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

surface-active agent; surfactant; wetter; wetting agent

Hypernyms ("wetter" is a kind of...):

chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wetter"):

emulsifier (a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion)

detergent (a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wetter" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

Derivation:

wet (cause to become wet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bed wetter; bedwetter; wetter

Hypernyms ("wetter" is a kind of...):

pisser; urinator (a person who urinates)

Derivation:

wet (make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating)

 Context examples 

The research team wanted to understand what other forces might contribute to the wetter storms.

(Why are big storms bringing so much more rain?, National Science Foundation)

From samples of the ice, the researchers were able to chart the details of winter conditions growing warmer and wetter over time in Eastern and Central Europe.

(Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past, NSF)

“You remember, Samkin, that it was wetter than this on the morning of Crecy, and yet I cannot call to mind that there was aught amiss with our strings.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Like all deserts, the boundaries of the Sahara fluctuate with the seasons, expanding in the dry winter and contracting during the wetter summer.

(New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920, National Science Foundation)

The latest results from Curiosity indicate that these wetter scenarios were correct for the lower portions of Mount Sharp.

(NASA's Curiosity Rover Team Confirms Ancient Lakes on Mars, NASA)

That process long ago transformed wetter, warmer ancient Mars into today's arid, frozen planet.

(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)

The Kalahari was once a much wetter place, with ancient Lake Makgadikgadi covering today's Makgadikgadi Pan.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)

The deposits serve as a watermark created by climate fluctuations as the Martian environment transitioned from a wetter one to the freezing desert it is today.

(NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds an Ancient Oasis on Mars, NASA)

Researchers also found that the young ice sheet was much wetter than it is today, with meltwater from the surface flowing into a network of channels beneath the ice.

(Massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet has history of instability, National Science Foundatio)

"Not much is known about what happens in transitional savanna ecosystems that are located between more arid and wetter climate zones."

(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)