watering

«watering» in Mova's school dictionary: Giving water to plants or animals — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (present participle of water); noun (watering); adjective (watering)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) Giving water to plants or animals. tree →

2) (noun) The act of giving water: The garden needs watering. tree →

3) (adjective) Causing eyes or mouth to fill with water: watering eyes, mouth-watering food. tree →

4) «A watering can» is a container with a spout for watering plants; «a watering hole» is a pool where animals drink, or (informal) a pub. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: plants need watering, light and warmth to grow. In everyday life: watering the garden, mouth-watering smells. In nature documentaries: animals at the watering hole.

examples

• I am watering the tomatoes. tree →
• The garden needs watering every evening in summer. tree →
• Fill the watering can at the outside tap. tree →
• Chopping onions left me with watering eyes. tree →
• The smell of baking was mouth-watering. tree →
• Zebras gather at the watering hole. tree →
• The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips. tree →

note

From the verb «water» (water, waters, watered, watering). «Mouth-watering» = looks or smells delicious. In maths problems, watering often gives litres per plant: 2 litres each for 6 plants is 12 litres.

In the corpora

• Gardens need regular weeding, mowing and watering or they quickly grow wild.
• Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «watering» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.