Wettings

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The act of absorbing or becoming saturated with a liquid
2. instances of moisture marking or staining a surface, often related to urine
3. occurrences where a substance becomes damp or soaked through with water or other fluids

Etymology: "Wettings" is simply the plural of "wetting," a noun for an instance of soaking or getting wet. The base word traces back to Old English "wǣtan," meaning to wet or moisten, which belongs to the same family as "wæt," meaning wet. The "-ing" ending turns the verb into a noun naming the act, and the plural "-s" then counts separate occasions, so "wettings" refers to several episodes of getting soaked rather than one.

Synonyms: dampening, moistening, soaking, watering, irrigating

Antonyms: drying, dehydrating, parching, desiccating, withering