Definitions for watering

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watering wa·ter·ing

Spelling: [waw-ter-ing, wot-er-]

IPA: /ˈwɔ tər ɪŋ, ˈwɒt ər-/

Watering is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in watering (aeginrtw).

Definitions for watering

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that waters.
2. a watered appearance on silk or other fabric.
3. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
4. a special form or variety of this liquid, as rain.
5. Often, waters. this liquid in an impure state as obtained from a mineral spring:
6. the liquid content of a river, inlet, etc., with reference to its relative height, especially as dependent on tide:
7. the surface of a stream, river, lake, ocean, etc.:
8. waters. flowing water, or water moving in waves: the sea or seas bordering a particular country or continent or located in a particular part of the world:
9. a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes:
10. Often, waters. Medicine/Medical. amniotic fluid. the bag of waters; amnion:
11. any of various solutions of volatile or gaseous substances in water:
12. any liquid or aqueous organic secretion, exudation, humor, or the like, as tears, perspiration, or urine.
13. Finance. fictitious assets or the inflated values they give to the stock of a corporation.
14. a wavy, lustrous pattern or marking, as on silk fabrics or metal surfaces.
15. (formerly) the degree of transparency and brilliancy of a diamond or other precious stone.
16. take water, (of a boat) to allow water to enter through leaks or portholes or over the side.

Idioms

1. above water, out of embarrassment or trouble, especially of a financial nature:
2. break water, to break the surface of the water by emerging from it. Swimming. to break the surface of the water with the feet, especially in swimming the breaststroke doing the frog kick. Medicine/Medical. to break the amniotic sac prior to parturition.
3. by water, by ship or boat:
4. dead in the water. dead (def 41).
5. hold water, to be logical, defensible, or valid: to check the movement of a rowboat by keeping the oars steady with the blades vertical.
6. in deep water, in great distress or difficulty:
7. in hot water. hot water.
8. like water, lavishly; abundantly; freely:
9. make one's mouth water, to excite a desire or appetite for something:
10. make water, (of a boat) to allow water to enter; leak. to urinate.
11. tread water. tread (def 23).

adjective

1. supplying water or used to water.
2. pertaining to medicinal springs or to a seabathing resort.
3. of or relating to water in any way:
4. holding, or designed to hold, water:
5. worked or powered by water:
6. heating, pumping, or circulating water (often used in combination):
7. used in or on water:
8. containing or prepared with water, as for hardening or dilution:
9. located or occurring on, in, or by water:
10. residing by or in, or ruling over, water:

verb (used with object)

1. to sprinkle, moisten, or drench with water:
2. to supply (animals) with water for drinking.
3. to furnish with a supply of water, as a ship.
4. to furnish water to (a region), as by streams; supply (land) with water, as by irrigation:
5. to dilute, weaken, soften, or adulterate with, or as with, water (often followed by down):
6. Finance. to issue or increase the par value of (shares of stock) without having the assets to warrant doing so (often followed by down).
7. to produce a wavy, lustrous pattern, marking, or finish on (fabrics, metals, etc.):

verb (used without object)

1. to discharge, fill with, or secrete water or liquid, as the eyes when irritated, or as the mouth at the sight or thought of tempting food.
2. to drink water, as an animal.
3. to take in a supply of water, as a ship:

Origin of watering

before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English wæterung. See water, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for watering

In doing so, he implied the obsolescence of that most embedded of British watering holes, the pub.

No part of my business is pleasanter than the watering of cattle.

After watering we sailed again, and reached our port in due time.

The French House is an iconic Soho watering hole, scene of many an artistic, theatrical or literary debauch.

Walk into a good hotel bar, and you will sense the sort of hospitality that is difficult to match in any other watering hole.

Our greatest difficulty in these marshes was the watering of the cattle.

He does not walk, talk, eat, or drink, and he gets his nutrition—and watering!

There's one spewing, and another, he's watering the dandelions; and that one—oh!

It will be a delightful companion for the watering places this season.

This is a lot of biofuel, which is why somebody, in an effort to get rid of the stuff, has been watering our gasoline.