as in to wet
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of water
My houseplants needed to be watered more than usual.
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Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
Continue to water on warm days through winter when snow cover is light.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2025
The person who swears by iced coffee year-round will love this kitchen gadget, which cools hot coffee in 60 seconds without watering it down.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
Some meteorologists are cautioning that the Atlantic waters off the U.S. coast could soon face the prospect of two hurricanes at the same time.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
Continue to water on warm days through winter when snow cover is light.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2025
The person who swears by iced coffee year-round will love this kitchen gadget, which cools hot coffee in 60 seconds without watering it down.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
Some meteorologists are cautioning that the Atlantic waters off the U.S. coast could soon face the prospect of two hurricanes at the same time.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for water
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water
Verb
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To help keep leaves, whole or chopped, in place during high winds or flooding rains, wet them down with a hose.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The most serious was in late 2022, when two of Ginger's tiger cubs drowned after falling into a partially frozen pond.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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People can be swept off rocks and jetties and drown while observing high surf.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The tables were empty and the bar deserted, the only sign of life the clank and swish of dishes being washed in the back, through the swinging double doors.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hands and surfaces should be washed after preparing raw meat.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But if so, that original dream did not last long in the face of the torrent of money that soon started flooding his way.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Americans are still flooding into money market funds, despite the the Federal Reserve’s latest campaign to lower borrowing costs.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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