Watered
/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)d/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of water form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Supplied with water.
"Keep the horses well fed and watered."
- 2 Marked with wavy lines like those made by water.
Adjective
- 1 (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern wordnet
Example
More examples"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.