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WATERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wetting with water
Example:
the lawn needs a great deal of watering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("watering" is a kind of...):
wetting (the act of making something wet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watering"):
sparge; sprinkle; sprinkling (the act of sprinkling or splashing water)
Derivation:
water (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shedding tears
Synonyms:
lachrymation; lacrimation; tearing; watering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("watering" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Derivation:
water (fill with tears)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb water
