wet down

English

Verb

wet down (third-person singular simple present wets down, present participle wetting down, simple past and past participle wet down or wetted down)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it.
    Hyponym: hose down
    Coordinate terms: rinse down, wash down
    • 1859, William Maxwell Wood, Fankwei, page 432:
      […] the cabin torn away, and the ward-room all aslop from wetting down the decks while passing powder.

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