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underwatering

underwatering is the present participle and gerund of underwater.

Meaning of underwater

Verb

underwater (third-person singular simple present underwaters, present participle underwatering, simple past and past participle underwatered)

  1. (transitive) To water or irrigate insufficiently.
    • Care must be taken not to underwater houseplants in the summer.

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Questions about underwatering

What is underwatering the present participle and gerund of?
Underwatering is the present participle and gerund of underwater.

Words near underwatering in the dictionary

  1. underwater basket weaving
  2. underwater hockey
  3. underwater lake
  4. underwater rugby
  5. underwatered
  6. underwatering
  7. underwaterish
  8. underwaters
  9. underwave
  10. underwaves
  11. underway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwatering (page history and authors); underwater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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