watering
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərɪŋ/
- Proper watering will help ensure that your flowers bloom beautifully throughout the season.
And he finds GED engaged in watering plants and goes to help him.
- And he finds GED engaged in watering plants and goes to help him.
- So let this be a planting of seeds as well as a watering of seeds.
- She'd just found that poem about the man in charge of watering.
- It's not like watering the lawn.
- Anyway, all of that said watering stuff and it went really well.
Examples
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Watering was done in each pot.
Academic text (2014) -
The final thing that I need to talk about is watering and mulching.
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We do let it dry out between watering and so far so good.
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And so watering most plants, most of them do quite well.
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What happens if you stop doing one of the fundamental things like watering it in the sun?
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Watering is done as often as necessary.
Academic text (1998) -
So let this be a planting of seeds as well as a watering of seeds.
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Watering is done every day, and turning is done once a week with a mobile composter made in Germany.
Academic text (1998) -
Permit the surface of the soil to dry out in between waterings and provide great drainage.
Blog text (26) -
To keep your garden healthy, regular watering is essential during dry periods.
Synonyms
A way of giving water to land or crops to help them grow
Putting a lot of water on something so it becomes very wet
A heavy soaking that makes a person or thing completely wet
The act of making a surface wet
A small act of making something slightly wet before use
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- Jargon
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Etymology
Watering comes from the simple word water, which means 'water' or 'to make wet'. It originally meant giving water to plants or land, so watering is the act of supplying or wetting plants with water.