water
Pari watered the flowers.
to pour water on plants to keep them healthy
Pari watered the flowers.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
water
verb (waters, watering, watered )
1 to give water to plants:
Have you watered the plants?
2 When your eyes water, they fill with tears:
The smoke made my eyes water.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. verb
II. water2 verb
[Word Family: adjective: underwater, water, waterless; noun: water, waters; verb: water; adverb: underwater]
1. PLANT/LAND [transitive] if you water plants or the ground they are growing in, you pour water on them:
• Will you water my houseplants while I’m away?
• The garden needs watering daily.
2. your eyes water if your eyes water, tears come out of them:
• Chopping onions makes my eyes water. ⇨ mouth-watering, ⇨ make your mouth water at mouth1(11)
3. ANIMAL [transitive] to give an animal water to drink:
• Have the horses been fed and watered?
4. RIVER [transitive usually passive] technical if an area is watered by a river, the river flows through it and provides it with water:
• Colombia is watered by several rivers.
5. WEAKEN [transitive] (also water down) to add water to a drink to make it less strong
water something ↔ down phrasal verb
1. to make a statement, report etc less forceful by changing it or removing parts that may offend people – used to show disapproval:
• The report of the investigation had been watered down. ⇨ watered-down
2. to add water to a drink to make it less strong SYN dilute
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
verb
1. transitive ~ sth to pour water on plants, etc
• to water the plants/garden
2. intransitive (of the eyes) to become full of tears
• The smoke made my eyes water.
3. intransitive (of the mouth) to produce saliva
• The smells from the kitchen made our mouths water.
4. transitive ~ sth to give water to an animal to drink
• to water the horses
• (humorous) After a tour of the grounds, the guests were fed and watered.
5. transitive, usually passive ~ sth (technical) (of a river, etc.) to provide an area of land with water
• The valley is watered by a stream.
6. transitive ~ sth to add water to an alcoholic drink
• watered wine
Word Origin:
Old English wæter (noun), wæterian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch water, German Wasser, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian voda (compare with vodka), also by Latin unda ‘wave’ and Greek hudōr ‘water’.
Example Bank:
• Keep the area well watered.
• Once we were fed and watered, she showed us up to our rooms.
• The proposals got somewhat watered down at committee stage.
• The roses need watering.
• The smell of the meat made her mouth water.
• Water your houseplants well before you go on holiday.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
water / ˈwɔː.tə r / / ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ / verb (GIVE WATER)
B2 [ T ] to pour water on to plants or the soil that they are growing in:
I've asked my neighbour to water the plants while I'm away.
[ T ] to give an animal water to drink:
The horses had been fed and watered.
water / ˈwɔː.tə r / / ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ / verb (PRODUCE LIQUID)
C2 [ I ] If your mouth waters, it produces a lot of saliva, usually because you can see or smell some food that you would like to eat:
The smell of that bread is making my mouth water!
[ I ] When your eyes water, they produce tears but not because you are unhappy:
How do you stop your eyes from watering when you're cutting up onions?
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
water
[wɔ͟ːtə(r)]
waters, watering, watered
1) N-UNCOUNT Water is a clear thin liquid that has no colour or taste when it is pure. It falls from clouds as rain and enters rivers and seas. All animals and people need water in order to live.
Get me a glass of water.
...the sound of water hammering on the metal roof.
...a trio of children playing along the water's edge.
2) N-PLURAL: with supp You use waters to refer to a large area of sea, especially the area of sea which is near to a country and which is regarded as belonging to it.
The ship will remain outside Chinese territorial waters.
...the open waters of the Arctic Ocean.
3) N-PLURAL: adj N You sometimes use waters to refer to a situation which is very complex or difficult.
...the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters...
The British Government may be in stormy economic waters.
4) VERB If you water plants, you pour water over them in order to help them to grow.
[V n] He went out to water the plants.
5) VERB If your eyes water, tears build up in them because they are hurting or because you are upset.
His eyes watered from cigarette smoke.
6) VERB If you say that your mouth is watering, you mean that you can smell or see some nice food and you might mean that your mouth is producing a liquid.
→ See also mouth-watering
...cookies to make your mouth water.
Syn:
salivate
7) PHR-ERG: V inflects When a pregnant woman's waters break, the fluid in her womb that surrounds the baby passes out of her body, showing that the baby is ready to be born. A doctor or midwife can break a woman's waters so that the birth can begin.
My waters broke at six in the morning and within four hours Jamie was born.
8) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it any more.
He was relieved his time in jail was over and regarded it as water under the bridge.
9) PHRASE If you are in deep water, you are in a difficult or awkward situation.
You certainly seem to be in deep water...
I could tell that we were getting off the subject and into deep water.
10) PHRASE: V inflects, usu with brd-neg If an argument or theory does not hold water, it does not seem to be reasonable or be in accordance with the facts.
This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe.
11) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If you are in hot water, you are in trouble. [INFORMAL]
The company has already been in hot water over high prices this year.
12) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it.
City economists pour cold water on the idea that the economic recovery has begun.
13) PHRASE: V and N inflect If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
You should be cautious when getting involved and test the water before committing yourself.
14) like water off a duck's back → see duck
to take to something like a duck to water → see duck
like a fish out of water → see fish
to keep your head above water → see head
to pour oil on troubled waters → see oil
Phrasal Verbs:
- water down
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
water
2water verb -ters; -tered; -ter·ing
1 [+ obj] : to pour water on (something, such as a plant)
• We need to water the lawn/garden/plants.
2 [+ obj] : to give (an animal) water to drink
• They fed and watered the horses in the barn.
3 [no obj] of the eyes : to produce tears
• My eyes were watering as I chopped the onions.
4 [no obj] of the mouth : to become wet with saliva especially because you want to eat or taste something
• Just smelling chocolate makes my mouth water. [=makes me want to taste or eat chocolate]
- see also mouth-watering
5 [+ obj] technical : to supply water to (a region or city) - usually used as (be) watered
• The vineyards are in a region watered by two rivers.
water down [phrasal verb] water (something) down or water down (something)
1 : to make (an alcoholic drink) weaker by adding water to it
• Someone watered down [=diluted] the punch.
2 disapproving : to make (something) less effective, powerful, etc.
• He had to water down [=simplify] the lecture for the younger students.
• The movie watered down the lessons of the book.
