watereth

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.

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