Is water wet?

Water is just boneless ice @Carsonn

 

Yeah because it is

 

No it isn't duh you can't get hydrated from that you need a nice cold can of coke to do that therefore not wet!

 

wet
wet/
adjective

1. 1.
   covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
   "she followed, slipping on the wet rock"
   synonyms: damp, moist, soaked, drenched, saturated, sopping, dripping, soggy;
   waterlogged
   "wet clothes"

Assuming you don't have a single molecule of water, water is wet.

 

water is cold fire

 

Water is a wetting agent, but isn't wet itself, because it technically can't be wet or dry.

 

It's not wet it's moist

 

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Question answered. Now for the real question.

Was this thread necessary? Please justify your explanations and reasonings down below. ;)

 

Yes, smarter every day

 

Hmmm

 

So is a fish in water wet or dry?

 

If you touch it in the water it's wet, if you would magically teleport the fish, and only the fish, to land it would obviously be dry.

 

This is a semantic argument, you’re not discussing any misunderstanding, just the meaning of the word. So, from Dictionary.com:

adjective, wetter, wettest.
1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid:
wet hands.
2. in a liquid form or state:
wet paint.
3. characterized by the presence or use of water or other liquid.​

Taking that second definition I think we can agree that water is wet. Water is in a liquid state, therefore it's wet.

A lot of people in this thread seem to think that the first definition is the only valid one, to which I'd say that neither paint nor soup nor orange juice are covered in water, but we'd still consider them to be wet. It doesn't make sense to make an exception for water.

Tautology, makes no sense - "Water isn't wet, because it technically can't be wet". Being wet and a "wetting agent" aren't mutually exclusive either - as I mentioned, orange juice can be wet, but it can also make things wet.

 

No, at least not when compared to whamen who are very wet.

 

No its not wet. Water is moist!

 

Water is wet.
From a chemical viewpoint it is created after a chemical reaction between 2 hydrogen molecules and 1 oxygen molecule.
A simple test for this is to mix the 2 in 2 to 1 parts and light the gas on fire using a lighter stick or an electrical spark from a platinum anode. This creates a hefty explosion and leaves behind droplets of water on the container wall and in large quantities a puddle of water. This means that water can be synthesized.
Now that this has been established, we will require a simple test for reaction.
My most favorite version is the reaction of alkali metals with water.
Sodium (Na) first reacts with the H2 in water molecules, breaking them out of their structure and causing them to bubble out. At the same time the sodium is ignited and sets fire to said H2, causing enough heat release to float on the fire (looks amazing by the way, just avoid the splattering, flaming hot and still-reactive sodium droplets).
All alkali metals will react with water, though with a slightly different form each time. The best reaction is caused by francium (which you cannot buy legally, however some schools of chemistry (such as the Joseph Black School of Chemistry in Edinburgh) are allowed to synthesize it or buy it from verified chemical companies), which causes a gigantic explosion in minute amounts.
What do we gather from this? Water has a large amount of energy stored in it.
If you dilute water with sea salt (NaCl), you will receive salt water. This has a taste to it.
This therefore means that water can dilute substances in such a way as to not make them too poisonous (or even make them helpful).
If you drop sodium onto a small area of damp ground such as moss and threw chlorine on top first, you'd never be able to drink said mixture safely.
In water, they result in a taste of exquisite aroma.
Therefore, water is not moist, nor is it dry, it is wet, as no moist water can create such a safe substance.
xd

 

Nah but your mom is

*zing*

 

Water is not Moist, Eggnog is moist.