water

²water

verb

Definition of WATER

transitive verb

1

: to moisten, sprinkle, or soak with water <water the lawn>

2

: to supply with water for drink <water cattle>

3

: to supply water to <lands watered by the river>

4

: to treat with or as if with water; specifically : to impart a lustrous appearance and wavy pattern to (cloth) by calendering

5

a : to dilute by the addition of water —often used with down <water down the punch> b : to add to the aggregate par value of (securities) without a corresponding addition to the assets represented by the securities

intransitive verb

1

: to form or secrete water or watery matter (as tears or saliva)

2

: to get or take water: as a : to take on a supply of water <the boat docked to water> b : to drink water

Examples of WATER

1. We need to water the lawn.
2. They fed and watered the horses in the barn.
3. My eyes were watering as I chopped the onions.

First Known Use of WATER

before 12th century

Related to WATER

Synonyms: bathe, bedraggle, douse (also dowse), drench, drown, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wash, wet, waterlog, water-soak, wet down

Antonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear

Related Words: asperse, bedew, damp, dampen, drizzle, humidify, hydrate, mist, moisten, moisturize, shower, sprinkle; deluge, flood, hose (down), inundate, overflow; submerge, swamp; splash; impregnate, saturate, steep; flush, irrigate, lave, rinse, slosh, sluice; dip, duck, dunk; rehydrate, rewash, rewet

Near Antonyms: dewater, evaporate, freeze-dry; drip-dry, wring; dehumidify

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Rhymes with WATER

blotter, cotter, daughter, dotter, knotter, otter, plotter, potter, Qatar, rotter, spotter, squatter, swatter, Tatar, totter, trotter