as in to wet
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of water
Hagen recommends watering your perennials and in-ground plants deeply before a freeze as the water provides insulation for the plants.
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Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Regularly fertilizing and watering your lawn will promote healthy, strong turf that withstands grubs better.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
During the early afternoon hours of June 24, 2002, 15-year-old Kara was watering plants and bushes in the front yard of her best friend’s house in West Columbia, S.C., when a Pontiac Trans-Am pulled into the driveway.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 24 June 2025
The inshore waters off many Cape Cod and South Shore beaches are preferred feeding grounds for white sharks.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
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Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Regularly fertilizing and watering your lawn will promote healthy, strong turf that withstands grubs better.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
During the early afternoon hours of June 24, 2002, 15-year-old Kara was watering plants and bushes in the front yard of her best friend’s house in West Columbia, S.C., when a Pontiac Trans-Am pulled into the driveway.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 24 June 2025
The inshore waters off many Cape Cod and South Shore beaches are preferred feeding grounds for white sharks.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for water
Verb
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Use a garden hose or power washer to thoroughly wet the rug.—
Karen Grossman,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
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Hysterical laughter later erupts as the camera goes closer into the bathtub to reveal the dog wetting her head under the running water from the tap.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The campers drowned when their bus attempted to evacuate them and was overtaken by floodwater.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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On Saturday in Porter County, a father, 65, and his 20-year-old son drowned in Lake Michigan.—
Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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The worker then pointed across the lot to Norman — who was washing someone’s car, tending to his summer job, minding his business.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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Often problems arise from short-term pollution, which can happen during heavy rainfall that washes waste from sewage plants into the water.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Days after the Guadalupe River flooded and claimed dozens of lives, another major river in Texas has triggered warnings from the National Weather Service.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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Thousands of comments flooded the platform owned by Trump.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
14 July 2025
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“Water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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