watering

To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

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

To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

“I need to go water the cattle.”

To get or take in water.

“The ship put into port to water.”

To urinate onto.

To dilute.

“Can you water the whisky, please?”

To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

To fill with or secrete water.

“Chopping onions makes my eyes water.”

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”

An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.

“The plants receive regular waterings.”

The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.