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Definition: WEET |
WEETAdjective & noun1. Wet. Intransitive verb1. To know; to wit. |
Date "WEET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Judgment | Deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween. |
Knowledge | Verb: know, ken, scan, wot; wot aware, be aware; Adjective:- of; ween, weet, trow, have, possess. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: WEET |
| English words defined with "WEET": Wot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "WEET": Borrowed days of March. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "WEET": Unweeting. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "WEET" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (know, know how), Dutch (do know, know), Frisian (wheat). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Weet U waar de Rozenlaan ligt? (1972) Wie weet wat? (1962) Dik Trom weet raad (1976) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "WEET": weet-a-weet, Weet-bird, weet-weet, weet-wit. | |
Ending with "WEET": weet-a-weet, weet-weet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
weet | 22 |
weet bix | 5 |
pussy weet | 4 |
sex weet | 3 |
shirt t weet | 3 |
msn weet | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 4, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai bayei o iereuV ton daktulon apo tou aimatoV tou moscou kai ranei eptakiV enanti kuriou katenwpion tou katapetasmatoV tou agiou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tincto digito aspergens septies contra velum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | With the weet fyngre sprengynge seuen sithes ayens the veyle. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And shall dyppe his finger in the bloude, and sprinkle it seuen tymes before the Lorde: euen before the uayle. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Leviticus Chapter 4, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang sacerdote magatuslob sa iyang tudlo sa maong dugo, ug magasablig niini sa makapito sa atubangan ni Jehova sa atbang sa tabil. |
| Croatian | neka sveæenik zamoèi svoj prst u krv i sedam puta poškropi prednju stranu zavjese, pred Jahvom. |
| Danish | og Præsten skal dyppe sin Finger i Blodet og stænke det syv Gange for HERRENs Åsyn foran Forhænget; |
| Dutch | En de priester zal zijn vinger indopen, nemende van dat bloed; en hij zal zevenmaal sprengen voor het aangezicht des HEEREN, voor den voorhang. |
| Finnish | Ja pappi kastakoon sormensa vereen ja pirskoittakoon sitä seitsemän kertaa Herran edessä, esiripun edessä. |
| French | il trempera son doigt dans le sang, et il en fera sept fois l`aspersion devant l`Éternel, en face du voile. |
| German | und mit seinem Finger siebenmal sprengen vor dem HERRN vor dem Vorhang. |
| Haitian Creole | L'a tranpe dwèt li nan san an sèt fwa, l'a voye l' sèt fwa sou devan rido kote ki apa pou Seyè a. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di situ ia harus mencelupkan jarinya ke dalam darah itu lalu memercikkannya tujuh kali di depan tirai yang memisahkan Ruang Suci. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan imam itu akan mencelupkan jarinya ke dalam darah itu dan memercikkan dia tujuh kali kepada tirai dinding di hadapan hadirat Tuhan. |
| Italian | intingerà il dito nel sangue, e farà sette aspersioni davanti al Signore di fronte al velo. |
| Maori | Ka tou ai te tohunga i tona maihao ki te toto, a kia whitu ana tauhiuhinga ki te aroaro o Ihowa ki mua o te arai. |
| Norwegian | Og han - presten - skal dyppe sin finger i blodet og sprenge syv ganger for Herrens åsyn, like foran forhenget. |
| Portuguese | e o sacerdote molhará o dedo no sangue, e o espargirá sete vezes perante o Senhor, diante do véu. |
| Rumanian | sq-wi moaie degetul kn sknge, wi sq stropeascq cu el de wapte ori knaintea Domnului, kn faya perdelei dinlquntru. |
| Spanish | y mojando su dedo en la sangre, el sacerdote rociará siete veces delante de Jehovah, hacia el velo. |
| Swedish | och prästen skall doppa sitt finger i blodet och stänka sju gånger inför HERRENS ansikte, vid förlåten. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WEET": weeted, weeting, weets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "WEET": bittersweet, meadowsweet, oversweet, peetweet, semisweet, supersweet, sweet, tweet. (additional references) | |
Words containing "WEET": bittersweetly, bittersweetness, bittersweetnesses, bittersweets, meadowsweets, oversweeten, oversweetened, oversweetening, oversweetens, oversweetness, oversweetnesses, peetweets, presweeten, presweetened, presweetening, presweetens, sweetbread, sweetbreads, sweetbriar, sweetbriars, sweetbrier, sweetbriers, sweeten, sweetened, sweetener, sweeteners, sweetening, sweetenings, sweetens, sweeter, sweetest, sweetheart, sweethearts, sweetie, sweeties, sweeting, sweetings, sweetish, sweetishly, sweetly, sweetmeat, sweetmeats, sweetness, sweetnesses, sweets, sweetshop, sweetshops, sweetsop, sweetsops, tweeted, tweeter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: twee. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-t-w" | |
-1 letter: ewe, tee, tew, wee, wet. | |
-2 letters: et, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-t-w" | |
+1 letter: etwee, rewet, sweet, tewed, tweed, tween, tweet, weest, weets. | |
+2 letters: atween, bewept, etwees, fewest, newest, peewit, pewter, rewets, stewed, sweets, towhee, townee, tweeds, tweedy, tweeny, tweets, tweeze, twelve, weeted, welted, welter, wester, wether, wetted, wetter. | |
+3 letters: bestrew, between, dewater, dewiest, entwine, lewdest, outweep, overwet, peewits, pewters, rewrite, rewrote, strewed, strewer, sweated, sweater, sweeten, sweeter, sweetie, sweetly, swelter, tarweed, teaware, thewier, toweled, towered, towhees, townees, tweaked, tweedle, tweeted, tweeter, tweezed, tweezer, tweezes, twelves, watered, waterer, wavelet, weakest, weather, webfeet, website, webster, weeting, welters, wergelt, western, westers, wethers, wetness, wetters, wettest, wetware, wheaten, whereat, whereto, whether, whetted, whetter, wreathe, wrested, wrester, wrestle. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 45 45 54 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01000101 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W E E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0045 0045 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57393954 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Bible Trace 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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