watering

[waw-ter-ing, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tər ɪŋ, ˈwɒt ər- /

VERB

dampen; put water in

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bathe dilute flood inundate irrigate moisten soak spray sprinkle thin wash wet

STRONG

baptize damp doctor douse drench drool hose imbue saturate souse spatter steep weaken

WEAK

sodden

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect dehydrate dirty dry gather thicken

Example Sentences

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There were mothers and grandmothers in Lviv watering the flowers on fresh graves in a swiftly expanding military cemetery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The city conducted no watering in the Palisades due to a lack of resources, according to Card.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Band Wagon helped professionalise Park Street's nightlife, turning its "watering holes" into platforms for emerging local talent.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

INDIO, Calif. — On a quiet neighborhood corner across the street from a local watering hole, a roughly 40-foot shovel towers above the desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Babou spent a full ten minutes watering the canopy of his fig trees, strolling up and down the roof.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram