Watered

//ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)d// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of water form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Supplied with water.

    "Keep the horses well fed and watered."

  2. 2
    Marked with wavy lines like those made by water.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern wordnet

Synonyms

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abstemiousadulteratedairyasceticattenuatedaustere

Example

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"I needn't have watered the flowers. Just after I finished, it started raining."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From water + -ed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English watered, watred, ywaterd, y-wattered, i-watred, i-watered, from Old English *wæterod, *ġewæterod, equivalent to water + -ed. Cognate with West Frisian wetterd, Dutch verwaterd, German bewässert.

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