watering 音标拼音: [w'ɔtɚɪŋ]
n . 洒水,浇水
洒水,浇水
watering n 1 :
shedding tears [
synonym : {
lacrimation }, {
lachrymation },
{
tearing }, {
watering }]
2 :
wetting with water ; "
the lawn needs a great deal of watering "
Water \
Wa "
ter \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Watered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Watering }.] [
AS .
w [
ae ]
terian ,
gew [
ae ]
terian .]
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1 .
To wet or supply with water ;
to moisten ;
to overflow with water ;
to irrigate ;
as ,
to water land ;
to water flowers .
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With tears watering the ground . --
Milton .
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Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands . --
Longfellow .
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2 .
To supply with water for drink ;
to cause or allow to drink ;
as ,
to water cattle and horses .
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3 .
To wet and calender ,
as cloth ,
so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines ;
to diversify with wavelike lines ;
as ,
to water silk .
Cf . {
Water },
n .,
6 .
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4 .
To add water to (
anything ),
thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality ;
to extend ;
to dilute ;
to weaken .
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{
To water stock },
to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock ,
thus diminishing the value of the individual shares .
Cf . {
Water },
n .,
7 . [
Brokers '
Cant ]
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Watering \
Wa "
ter *
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Water },
v .
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{
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 ) (
Zool .)
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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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
watering ":
adulteration ,
affusion ,
aspergation ,
aspersion ,
baptism ,
bastardizing ,
bath ,
bathing ,
bedewing ,
contamination ,
corruption ,
cutting ,
dampening ,
damping ,
debasement ,
deluge ,
dewing ,
dilution ,
doctoring ,
drenching ,
drowning ,
excretory ,
flooding ,
fortifying ,
hosing ,
hosing down ,
humectant ,
humidification ,
immersion ,
inundation ,
irrigation ,
irrigational ,
irriguous ,
lachrymal ,
lachrymose ,
lacing ,
lacrimatory ,
lactational ,
lacteal ,
lacteous ,
laving ,
moistening ,
pollution ,
rheumy ,
rinsing ,
salivant ,
salivary ,
salivous ,
secretional ,
secretive ,
secretory ,
seminal ,
serous ,
sialagogic ,
soaking ,
sopping ,
sparging ,
spattering ,
spermatic ,
spiking ,
splashing ,
splattering ,
spraying ,
sprinkling ,
submersion ,
swashing ,
watery ,
wetting
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