water
/ˈwɔ.tɚ/ verb B2- To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- To provide (animals) with water for drinking. · I need to water the cattle.
- To provide water to (someone). · We fed and watered the refugees.
- To urinate onto. · Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
- To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid. · Chopping onions makes my eyes water.· The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
- To get or take in water. · The ship put into port to water.
- To gather water. · We stopped at the same well we watered at on the last journey.
He/she/it waters · Past watered · Past participle watered · -ing form watering
Verb forms
- Base form
- water
- He/she/it
- waters
- Past
- watered
- Past participle
- watered
- -ing form
- watering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk.
“You can draw water out of a water-well,” said the Hatter; “so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well—eh, stupid?”
Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes.
And water in the nursery pails;
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