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watered

verb adjective

To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
W
Ends with
D
Contains
ATERE
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)d/

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verb

  1. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

  2. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

  3. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

    “I need to go water the cattle.”

  4. To get or take in water.

    “The ship put into port to water.”

  5. To urinate onto.

  6. To dilute.

    “Can you water the whisky, please?”

  7. To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

  8. To fill with or secrete water.

    “Chopping onions makes my eyes water.”

  9. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

    “to water silk”

adjective

  1. Supplied with water.

    “Keep the horses well fed and watered.”

  2. Marked with wavy lines like those made by water.

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Example Sentences

I need to go water the cattle.
The ship put into port to water.
Can you water the whisky, please?
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
to water silk
Keep the horses well fed and watered.

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