'Watering' definitions:
Definition of 'watering'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
Definition of 'Watering'
From: GCIDE
- Watering \Wa"ter*ing\, a. & n. from Water, v. [1913 Webster]
- Watering call (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses.
- Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water.
- Watering place. (a) A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. (b) A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.
- Watering pot. (a) A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc. (b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot.
- Watering trough, a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Watering'
From: GCIDE
- Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watered; p. pr. & vb. n. Watering.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. [1913 Webster]
- With tears watering the ground. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. [1913 Webster]
- To water stock, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water, n., 7. [Brokers' Cant] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'watering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulteration,
- affusion,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- baptism,
- bastardizing,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- contamination,
- corruption,
- cutting,
- dampening,
- damping,
- debasement,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- dilution,
- doctoring,
- drenching,
- drowning,
- excretory,
- flooding,
- fortifying,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humectant,
- humidification,
- immersion,
- inundation,
- irrigation,
- irrigational,
- irriguous,
- lachrymal,
- lachrymose,
- lacing,
- lacrimatory,
- lactational,
- lacteal,
- lacteous,
- laving,
- moistening,
- pollution,
- rheumy,
- rinsing,
- salivant,
- salivary,
- salivous,
- secretional,
- secretive,
- secretory,
- seminal,
- serous,
- sialagogic,
- soaking,
- sopping,
- sparging,
- spattering,
- spermatic,
- spiking,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- submersion,
- swashing,
- watery,
- wetting
Words containing 'Watering'
- Under water,
- Water,
- Water can,
- Watered,
- Waterer,
- above water,
- water down,
- watered down,
- watering can,
- waters,
- Barley water,
- Between wind and water,
- Big Water,
- Bilge water,
- Blue water,
- Clary water,
- Congee water,
- Congress water,
- Dead water,
- Dragon water,
- Feed water,
- Fennel water,
- Fire water,
- First water,
- Gum water,
- Hard water,
- High water,
- Holy water,
- Hungary water,
- In hot water,
- Inch of water,
- Laurel water,
- Lavender water,
- Low water,
- Mineral water,
- Mother water,
- Napha water,
- Quick water,
- Quicksilver water,
- Rain water,
- Red water,
- Rice water,
- Rose water,
- Salt water,
- Seidlitz water,
- Selters water,
- Seltzer water,
- Slack water,
- Soda water,
- Soft water,
- Still water,
- Sweet Water,
- Tar water,
- Territorial waters,
- The mouth waters,
- Tide water,
- To back water,
- To cast the water,
- To hold water,
- To make water,
- To water stock,
- Treacle water,
- Vichy water,
- Water Valley,
- Water adder,
- Water agrimony,
- Water aloe,
- Water antelope,
- Water arum,
- Water back,
- Water bailiff,
- Water ballast,
- Water barometer,
- Water bath,
- Water battery,
- Water bear,
- Water bed,
- Water beech,
- Water beetle,
- Water bellows,
- Water bird,
- Water blackbird,
- Water boatman,
- Water brain,
- Water brash,
- Water breather,
- Water bridge,
- Water buck,
- Water buffalo,
- Water bug,
- Water butt,
- Water caltrop,
- Water canker,
- Water carriage,
- Water cart,
- Water cavy,
- Water celery,
- Water cell,
- Water cement,
- Water chestnut,
- Water chevrotain,
- Water chicken,
- Water chickweed,
- Water chinquapin,
- Water clock,
- Water cock,
- Water color,
- Water course,
- Water craft,
- Water crake,
- Water crane,
- Water cress,
- Water crow,
- Water crowfoot,
- Water cure,
- Water deck,
- Water deer,
- Water deerlet,
- Water devil,
- Water dock,
- Water doctor,
- Water dog,
- Water drain,
- Water drainage,
- Water dressing,
- Water dropwort,
- Water eagle,
- Water elder,
- Water elephant,
- Water engine,
- Water feather,
- Water flag,
- Water flannel,
- Water flea,
- Water flounder,
- Water fox,
- Water frame,
- Water furrow,
- Water gage,
- Water gall,
- Water gang,
- Water gas,
- Water gate,
- Water gauge,
- Water gavel,
- Water germander,
- Water gilding,
- Water gillyflower,
- Water glass,
- Water god,
- Water grass,
- Water gruel,
- Water hammer,
- Water hare,
- Water hemlock,
- Water hemp,
- Water hen,
- Water hog,
- Water horehound,
- Water hyacinth,
- Water ice,
- Water inch,
- Water joint,
- Water junket,
- Water laverock,
- Water leg,
- Water lemon,
- Water lettuce,
- Water level,
- Water lily,
- Water lime,
- Water line,
- Water lizard,
- Water locust,
- Water meadow,
- Water measure,
- Water measurer,
- Water meter,
- Water milfoil,
- Water mill,
- Water mint,
- Water mite,
- Water moccasin,
- Water mole,
- Water monitor,
- Water monkey,
- Water motor,
- Water mouse,
- Water murrain,
- Water newt,
- Water nymph,
- Water oat,
- Water of crystallization,
- Water of hydration,
- Water on the brain,
- Water on the chest,
- Water opossum,
- Water ordeal,
- Water ousel,
- Water ouzel,
- Water parsnip,
- Water parting,
- Water partridge,
- Water pennywort,
- Water pepper,
- Water pheasant,
- Water piet,
- Water pig,
- Water pillar,
- Water pimpernel,
- Water pipe,
- Water pitcher,
- Water plant,
- Water plantain,
- Water plate,
- Water poa,
- Water pocket,
- Water poise,
- Water pore,
- Water power,
- Water pox,
- Water privilege,
- Water purslane,
- Water qualm,
- Water rabbit,
- Water radish,
- Water rail,
- Water ram,
- Water rat,
- Water rate,
- Water rattle,
- Water rattler,
- Water rice,
- Water robin,
- Water rocket,
- Water sail,
- Water sapphire,
- Water scorpion,
- Water screw,
- Water shield,
- Water shrew,
- Water snail,
- Water snake,
- Water soldier,
- Water souchy,
- Water spaniel,
- Water sparrow,
- Water speedwell,
- Water spider,
- Water spinner,
- Water sprite,
- Water starwort,
- Water supply,
- Water tabby,
- Water table,
- Water telescope,
- Water tender,
- Water thermometer,
- Water thief,
- Water thrush,
- Water thyme,
- Water tick,
- Water tiger,
- Water torch,
- Water tower,
- Water tree,
- Water trefoil,
- Water tube,
- Water tupelo,
- Water turkey,
- Water tuyere,
- Water twist,
- Water vine,
- Water violet,
- Water viper,
- Water vole,
- Water wagtail,
- Water way,
- Water wheel,
- Water willow,
- Water wing,
- Water witch,
- Watering call,
- Watering cart,
- Watering place,
- Watering pot,
- Watering trough,
- Weeping Water,
- Well water,
- ammonia water,
- bath water,
- blow out of the water,
- body of water,
- bottled water,
- branch water,
- break water,
- carbonated water,
- chlorine water,
- coconut water,
- cold water,
- cologne water,
- deep water,
- distilled water,
- drawer of water,
- drinking water,
- ethel waters,
- fish out of water,
- fresh water,
- ground water,
- heavy water,
- hold water,
- hot water,
- ice water,
- international waters,
- javel water,
- javelle water,
- jealousy waters of,
- lithia water,
- make water,
- making water,
- moire watered,
- mouth watering,
- nimrim waters of,
- oxygenated water,
- pass water,
- passing water,
- quinine water,
- rough water,
- sewer water,
- shiloah the waters of,
- sparkling water,
- spring water,
- sugar water,
- take in water,
- take water,
- tap water,
- toilet water,
- tonic water,
- tread water,
- treading water,
- u.s. waters,
- water avens,
- water bearer,
- water bears,
- water birch,
- water biscuit,
- water bitternut,
- water blister,
- water bottle,
- water bouget,
- water boy,
- water buttercup,
- water cabbage,
- water cannon,
- water carpet,
- water carrier,
- water chute,
- water closet,
- water clover,
- water company,
- water conservation,
- water cooler,
- water development,
- water dragon,
- water elm,
- water faucet,
- water fennel,
- water fern,
- water filter,
- water finder,
- water flaxseed,
- water fountain,
- water gap,
- water gum,
- water gun,
- water hazard,
- water heater,
- water hickory,
- water hole,
- water horsetail,
- water jacket,
- water jug,
- water jump,
- water lobelia,
- water main,
- water mat,
- water mold,
- water oak,
- water of crystallisation,
- water of jealousy,
- water of purification,
- water of separation,
- water on the knee,
- water orchid,
- water ox,
- water pill,
- water pistol,
- water pollution,
- water polo,
- water program,
- water project,
- water pump,
- water right,
- water scooter,
- water shamrock