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watering
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Wiktionary
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Used to water. n. An act of watering. v (present participle of water English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Watering .] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. With tears watering the ground. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. shedding tears [syn: lacrimation , lachrymation , tearing ] wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wæterunge "a carrying water," verbal noun from water (v.). From late 14c. as "a soaking with water;" mid-15c. as "a giving water to (an animal);" c.1600 as "salivation." Watering-can is from 1690s (earlier water-can , late 14c.); watering-hole ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wätering is a river of Lower Saxony , Germany .
Usage examples of watering.
For the last ten minutes his lips had been, figuratively speaking, positively watering over the Masai Lygonani, and this he could not stand.
I wiped a bit of down from a watering eye and stepped hastily back, away from the half-blind people staggering near me, yelling and bumping into one another.
Brianna pounded him helpfully on the back, but he motioned her away, eyes watering, and pulled himself together.
As Kheda scrubbed at his watering eyes, he saw a new monster down on the sands.
Clearly, the watering space has been man-made, since the stream banks above the watering spot are steep and rocky, while the space where Dorrin and the mare stand slopes gently into the stream and is flanked by rough stone walls on all sides-except for the ramp itself, which rises through the walls to the higher ground by the way station.
Dorrin swallows, realizing that his mouth is watering and his stomach growling.
After watering and feeding Basla, he makes three trips from the kitchen out to load his mount before he finally rides southward once more.
I blinked, eyes watering against the sun, and saw several more walk out of the wood.
They fell apart, gasping, and Jamie rolled up onto his knees, head spinning and eyes watering, trying to see.
He blinked, eyes watering, patted about his person in search of a handkerchief, then bent to rummage in his case, which he had dropped on the floor near his chair.
He rubbed a sleeve across his watering eyes and braced himself for another go.
I plunged through the brush, barely able to see for the watering of my eyes, aware too late of the low-pitched thrum of a hive at war.
My eyes were watering and I would have liked to wipe them, but I had a huge bundle in one arm and a covered basket hung on the other.
As she hoisted her carrying basket to her back, she wondered if her eyes were really weak, or if all the Others had watering eyes.
They were heading toward their watering place and the brush fence, but, sensing danger, some made a break toward the east.