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watered

/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)d/

watered is the simple past and past participle of water.

Adjective

watered (comparative more watered, superlative most watered)

  1. Supplied with water.
    • Keep the horses well fed and watered.
    • Like the two preceding provinces, Chiang-su forms part of the Great Plain. It has few hills and is more abundantly watered than any other province.1898, Harlan P. Beach, Dawn on the Hills of Tʻang, New York, →OCLC, page 154
  2. Marked with wavy lines like those made by water.

Meaning of water

Verb

water (third-person singular simple present waters, present participle watering, simple past and past participle watered)

  1. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
    • tears watering the ground1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    1. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
      • Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 24, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    2. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
      • I need to water the cattle.
    3. (transitive) To provide water to (someone).
      • We fed and watered the refugees.
    4. (colloquial, transitive) To urinate onto.
      • Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
  2. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
    • Chopping onions makes my eyes water.

See all 36 meanings of water

Forms of watered

comparativemore watered
superlativemost watered

Origin of watered

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Middle English watered, watred, ywaterd, y-wattered, i-watred, i-watered, from Old English *wæterod, *ġewæterod, equivalent to water + -ed. Cognate with West Frisian wetterd, Dutch verwaterd, German bewässert.

Words formed from watered

Phrases with watered

Questions about watered

What does watered mean?
Watered means supplied with water.
What is watered the simple past and past participle of?
Watered is the simple past and past participle of water.
What part of speech is watered?
Watered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce watered?
Watered is pronounced /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)d/.

Words near watered in the dictionary

  1. waterdrain
  2. waterdrome
  3. waterdromes
  4. waterdrop
  5. waterdrops
  6. watered
  7. watered down
  8. watered stock
  9. watered stocks
  10. watered-down
  11. wateredst

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