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# watering

«watering» in Mova's school dictionary: **Giving water to plants or animals** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (present participle of water); noun (watering); adjective (watering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) Giving water to plants or animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#m1)

2) (noun) The act of giving water: The garden needs watering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#m2)

3) (adjective) Causing eyes or mouth to fill with water: watering eyes, mouth-watering food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#m3)

4) «A watering can» is a container with a spout for watering plants; «a watering hole» is a pool where animals drink, or (informal) a pub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science: plants need watering, light and warmth to grow. In everyday life: watering the garden, mouth-watering smells. In nature documentaries: animals at the watering hole.

### examples

- I am watering the tomatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x1)
- The garden needs watering every evening in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x2)
- Fill the watering can at the outside tap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x3)
- Chopping onions left me with watering eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x4)
- The smell of baking was mouth-watering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x5)
- Zebras gather at the watering hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x6)
- The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/#x7)

### note

From the verb «water» (water, waters, watered, watering). «Mouth-watering» = looks or smells delicious. In maths problems, watering often gives litres per plant: 2 litres each for 6 plants is 12 litres.

### In the corpora

- [Gardens need regular weeding, mowing and watering or they quickly grow wild.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/15/)
- [Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1053/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «watering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.