as in to wet
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of water
It’s currently caught in a pocket of wind shear that’s helping to balance out the storm-fueling effects of the warmer-than-average waters its crossing.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
What To Know The Chinese navy sent the 48th Escort Task Group—consisting of the destroyer CNS , the frigate CNS and the supply ship CNS —on October 11 to the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to replace the 47th Escort Task Group.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
With a durable rubber insole, they can be used around the house or outside to grab the mail and water the plants.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
My houseplants needed to be watered more than usual.
—Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
What To Know The Chinese navy sent the 48th Escort Task Group—consisting of the destroyer CNS , the frigate CNS and the supply ship CNS —on October 11 to the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to replace the 47th Escort Task Group.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
With a durable rubber insole, they can be used around the house or outside to grab the mail and water the plants.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
My houseplants needed to be watered more than usual.
—Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for water
Verb
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Place chopped leaves in a large wire bin and wet each layer.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 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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When the bodies of the drowned are retrieved, they’re sent to Alexandroupoli to be identified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In an effort to save their relationship, Smith drowned her two young sons.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Dry clean or wash the rest of your clothing and linens, making sure to use hot water in the washer and high heat in the dryer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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The restaurant also had health hazards such as old food residue on equipment and employees not washing their hands properly with soap, city officials said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Construction fines at the site For Smith, the biggest concern was flooding in his backyard.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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Theories range from the Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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