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sopping, wringing, dripping, sodden, soppy, saturated, drenched:
During the rainy season, the ground is far too wet for planting.
2 rainy, raining, teeming, pouring, drizzling, showery: We have
had a very wet spring this year. 3 feeble, weak, irresolute,
effet, namby-pamby, foolish, ineffectual, ineffective,
spineless, timorous, cowardly: She considered some of her
colleagues too wet to take the tough action needed.
--n. 4 moisture, water, wetness, dampness, damp, humidity,
liquid: The wet stood out on his forehead. 5 rain, wetness,
mist, dew, fog, damp, humidity: Come in out of the wet, and
warm yourself by the fire. 6 milksop, softie or softy,
lightweight, Colloq drip, loser, Brit weed, Slang wimp, US weak
sister: Why is he such a wet about standing up for his rights?
23.3 wheedle...
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wheedle v. coax, cajole, inveigle, charm, beguile, persuade, talk;
butter up; Colloq con, sweet-talk: Irena always managed to
wheedle someone into taking her dancing.
wheel n. 1 disc, ring, annulus, circle, hoop: It seems odd that no
culture in the western hemisphere ever invented the wheel.
--v. 2 spin, turn, veer, swivel, pivot, swing, whirl: Medusa
wheeled to face him and he promptly turned to stone.
whereabouts
n.pl. or sg. 1 location, position, place, site, situation,
locale, neighbourhood, vicinity: Her present whereabouts are
unknown to me. The culprit concealed his whereabouts from the
police.
--adv. 2 where, in or at or to what place, whither:
Whereabouts are you going to spend your holiday? Whereabouts are
you going?
whet v. 1 sharpen, hone, grind, file, put an edge on, strop: He
whetted the knife on an oiled stone till it was razor-sharp. 2
pique, sharpen, awaken, arouse, stimulate, kindle, fire,
increase, excite, enhance: The cruise on Bill's yacht whetted