wet through
Appearance
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]wet through (comparative wetter through, superlative wettest through)
- soaked, very wet (such that water gets through the clothes to reach the skin)
- If you stay out in the rain, you will get wet through.
Usage notes
[edit]- The comparative and superlative forms are very rare. More usually the forms very wet through and completely wet through are used.
Synonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]wet through (third-person singular simple present wets through, present participle wetting through, simple past and past participle wet through or wetted through)
References
[edit]- “wet through (or to the skin)”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.