watering

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”

1
An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.
“The plants receive regular waterings.”
2
The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.

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