wetdownとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

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.