as in to wet
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of water
Consider watering your plants and trees during the fall and winter when temperatures are warm.
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Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Your role as a business owner is to water that seed.
—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Plants grown in containers need to be watered routinely, especially during summer when the plants have grown and the weather gets hotter.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Second, my poppy received the benefit of being watered a few minutes every other day throughout a summer which, in any case, was cooler than normal.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
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Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Your role as a business owner is to water that seed.
—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Plants grown in containers need to be watered routinely, especially during summer when the plants have grown and the weather gets hotter.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Second, my poppy received the benefit of being watered a few minutes every other day throughout a summer which, in any case, was cooler than normal.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for water
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water
Verb
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Potential for wetting rain exists and could provide additional containment opportunities.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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To clean, start by wetting the inside of your shower.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After a man drowned off a popular Anna Maria Island beach over the Labor Day weekend, city officials are speeding up plans to ban swimming in the area.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims spoke outside the Capitol, pleading for government candor, fighter jets roared overhead, briefly drowning her out.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Dry Dill To dry dill, wash and dry it thoroughly.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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The base can even wash the mops with water heated to 212 degrees Fahrenheit to remove grease.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The comment sections of each video documenting the saga was flooded with people baffled by how the pair ended up in the situation.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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