Meaning of "wet"

wet •

adj.
• • 1. soaked with water: basa
  • 2. covered with water: may tubig, matubig
  • 3. rainy: tag-ulan, maulan

v.
• • 1. to make wet: magbasa, basain
  • 2. to be wet, to get wet: mabasa

n.
• • wetness, rain: ulan

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dry

adj.
• • 1. not wet: tuyo
  • 2. having no water: walang tubig, tuyo
  • 3. lacking interest, lifeless: walang sigla, walang kasigla-sigla, tuyot, matamlay, patay na patay, hindi masaya
  • 4. thirsty, wanting a drink: uhaw, nauuhaw, uhaw na uhaw
  • 5. not giving milk: walang gatas
  • 6. lacking moisture, as land: tigang

v.
• • 1. to become or make dry: matuyo, magpatuyo, patuyuin
  • 2. to dry by wiping with a handkerchief, cloth, etc.: magpunas, punasan
  • 3. to dry by exposing to the sun: magbilad, ibilad
  • 4. to dry by the heat of the fire: magdarang, idarang

swamp

n.
• • wet, soft, land: lati, latian

v.
• • 1. to plunge or sink in a swamp or in water: lumubog, malubog
  • 2. to overwhelm as a flood would, to make helpless: bumaha, bahain, bahaan, dumagsa, dagsaan

mud

n.
• • 1. earth so wet that it is soft and slimy: putik
  • 2. a muddy place: putikan
  • 3. mud or clay used for making pots, jars, etc.: luad

dried

adj.
• • 1. not wet, not moist, dried-up, having no water: tuyo
  • 2. dried fish: tuyo, isdang tuyo
  • 3. dried meat: tapa, pindang

water

n.
• • tubig

v.
• • 1. to sprinkle or wet with water: magdilig, diligin
  • 2. to give a drink to: magpainom, painumin
  • 3. to weaken by adding water: magbanto, bantuan
  • 4. to fill with water, to discharge water, e.g., the eyes: magpaluha, magluha, lumuha, mapaluha, paluhain, magtubig, magkatubig
  • 5. to discharge water, e.g. from the mouth: maglaway, papaglawayin water closet toilet flushed with water: inodoro, kumon, kubeta, palikuran, kasilyas

compress

v.
• • 1. to flatten by pressure: magpikpik, pumikpik, pikpikin, pisa, pinisa
  • 2. to make shorter or briefer, as a story or novel: magpaikli, paikliin
  • 3. to make compact (e.g. contents of a basket, etc.): magsiksik, sumiksik, masiksik, siksikin
  • 4. to compress by squeezing: magpiga, pumiga, pigain

n.
• • a pad of wet cloth applied to the body in sickness: pomento, pamento

drenched

adj.
• • thoroughly wet: basang-basa, pigtang-pigta, tigmak na tigmak (ng dugo)

wash

v.
• • 1. to clean with water: maghugas, hugasan
  • 2. to wash the face: maghilamos, hilamusan
  • 3. to wash the hands with water: maghinaw, maghugas ng kamay, hugasan ang kamay
  • 4. to wash or rinse the mouth: magmumog, mumugan
  • 5. to wash clothes: maglaba, labhan
  • 6. to wash away means (a) to carry by liquid: maanod, ianod, matangay, tangayin
  • 7. to make wet: magbasa, basain
  • 8. to become wet: mabasa
  • 9. to cover with a thin coating of color or of metal: magpahid, pahiran

n.
• • 1. a washing: paghuhugas, paglalaba, paghihilamos, paghihinaw
  • 2. the clothes already washed: labada, nilabhang mga damit
  • 3. clothes to be washed: labahin, lalabhin
  • 4. a motion or rush of water: salpok ng tubig
  • 5. waste liquid matter, liquid garbage: hugas, pinaghugasan
  • 6. a mouth wash: pangmumog
  • 7. hair wash: pangugo, panghugas ng buhok, siyampu

nurse

n.
• • a person who takes care of the sick, etc.: nars, narses

v.
• • 1. to act as a nurse for sick people: mag-alaga ng may sakit, alagaan ang maysakit
  • 2. to nourish, make grow, protect: magsimpan, magtanim, mag-alaga
  • 3. to use or treat with special care: mag-alaga, alagaan
  • 4. to give milk to a baby: magpasuso, pasusuhin
  • 5. to suck milk from a mother: sumuso
  • 6. a wet nurse: mamay, sisiwa

towel

n.
• • a piece of cloth for wiping and drying something wet: tuwalya

soaked

adj.
• • thoroughly wet: basangbasa, babad, babad na babad

stream

n.
• • 1. flow of liquid, running water: agos, daloy
  • 2. a large brook, a small river: sapa
  • 3. any steady flow: agos, daloy adv. 1. up stream, against the current of the water: kontra sa agos, pasalungat sa agos, salungat sa agos
  • 2. down stream, with the current: kasama ng agos, paayon sa agos, sunod sa agos

v.
• • 1. to flow: umagos, dumaloy, tumulo
  • 2. to pour out: dumanak
  • 3. to be so wet as to drip in a stream: tumulo
  • 4. to float or wave: wumagayway

suklob

v.
• • magsuklob, isuklob (mag-:i-) to cover completely, to cover with encasing around the sides. Isuklob mo ito nang hindi ka mabasa ng ulan. Use this for a cover so you won't get wet from the rain.

bagoong

n.
• • salty small fish of shrimp relish, anchovies, wet salted small fish or tiny shrimps [syn. alamang]

pa

af. affix
• • for verbs meaning "to cause, get or allow someone to do what the root word indicate" pa adv. more, yet, still (expresses the immaturity or continuance of a situation and stands in contrast with na). Mabuti pa. Better yet. Basa pa ang damit. The clothes are still wet.

tag-ulan

n.
• • rainy or wet season

wagwag

n.
• • a species of rice grain, first class rice

n.
• • wag, a wagging motion magwagwag, iwagwag (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to dry (wet cloth) by shaking up, to shake the dust off (clothes, floor rugs, etc.), to clean (cloth) of dust, soap suds by shaking in water without rubbing. Iwagwag mo ang mga damit sa labas. Shake the dust off the clothes outside.

basa

v.
• • bumasa (-um-) to read. Bumasa ka ng tula. Read a poem. magbasa, basahin (mag-:-in)

v.
• • to read something. Basahin mo ang diyaryo. Read the newspaper. basa'

adj.
• • wet

v.
• • mabasa (ma-) to become wet, drenched

yaya

n.
• • nurse, nursemaid, wet nurse, governess yaya

v.
• • magyaya (mag-) to invite, to induce. Nagyaya silang magboling. They invited (us) to go bowling. mangyaya', yayain (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to invite. Yayain mo sina Nina. Invite Nina and her group.