Synonyms of wetting down

wetting down

verb

present participle of wet down

as in wetting

to make wet

it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first

the stylist began by wetting down my hair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• drowning
• washing
• flooding
• watering
• rinsing
• water-soaking
• bedraggling
• soaking
• bathing
• waterlogging
• soddening
• drenching
• hosing (down)
• flushing
• damping
• sopping
• dousing
• dipping
• sprinkling
• submerging
• aspersing
• moistening
• showering
• sousing
• splashing
• hydrating
• moisturizing
• bedewing
• humidifying
• drizzling
• misting
• inundating
• overflowing
• saturating
• dampening
• deluging
• swamping
• irrigating
• impregnating
• laving
• steeping
• sluicing
• sloshing
• ducking
• dunking
• rehydrating
• rewetting
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• scorching
• searing
• dehydrating
• evaporating
• desiccating
• parching
• dewatering
• freeze-drying
• wringing
• drip-drying
• dehumidifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wetting down

Start by wetting down the concrete to prevent the cleaner from drying too quickly. — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026

If hygienists clean it up properly with HEPA vacuuming and wetting down surfaces with sponges or hoses to keep the particles from reentering the air, then risk should theoretically stay low. — Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 July 2025