Watering (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Meaning:

Wetting with water

Example:

the lawn needs a great deal of watering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("watering" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watering"):

sparge; sprinkle; sprinkling (the act of sprinkling or splashing water)

Derivation:

water (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams)

Meaning:

Shedding tears

Synonyms:

lachrymation; lacrimation; tearing; watering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("watering" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Derivation:

water (fill with tears)

-ing form of the verb water