English Dictionary

water

/ˈwɔːtə/

verb

(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants). / (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

I need to water the plants.

意味（1）

(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.

意味（2）

(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

tears watering the ground

意味（3）

(transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

I need to water the cattle.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To get or take in water.

The ship put into port to water.

意味（5）

(transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.

Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.

意味（6）

(transitive) To dilute.

Can you water the whisky, please?

意味（7）

(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

such agencies would make it possible for the railroads to water stock and evade the law subjecting security issues to public regulation

意味（8）

(intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.

Chopping onions makes my eyes water.

意味（9）

(transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

to water silk