Meaning of WATERING
Pronunciation: | | 'woturing
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
- [n] shedding tears
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| Synonyms: | | lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing |
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| See Also: | | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, sparge, sprinkle, sprinkling, wetting | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Wa"ter*ing\,
a. & n. from {Water}, v.
{Watering call} (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning
cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering
their horses.
{Watering cart}, a sprinkling cart. See {Water}.
{Watering place}.
(a) A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for
cattle, etc.
(b) A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a
place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to
which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating,
etc.
{Watering pot}.
(a) A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated
nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of marine bivalve
shells of the genus {Aspergillum}, or {Brechites}. The
valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious
calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube
is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated
by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of
a watering pot.
{Watering trough}, a trough from which cattle, horses, and
other animals drink.
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