watering Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun shedding tears
   lacrimation; tearing; lachrymation.
   
2. noun wetting with water
   
   • the lawn needs a great deal of watering
3. verb supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
   water; irrigate.
   
   • Water the fields
4. verb provide with water
   water.
   
   • We watered the buffalo
5. verb secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
   water.
   
   • My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner
   • His eyes watered
6. verb fill with tears
   water.
   
   • His eyes were watering

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