watery

«watery» in Mova's school dictionary: Containing too much water; thin and weak: watery soup — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (watery, waterier, wateriest – usually «more watery»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Containing too much water; thin and weak: watery soup. tree →

2) Full of water or wet: watery eyes. tree →

3) Pale, weak in colour or light: a watery sun. tree →

4) Like water or connected with water: a watery grave. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking: watery sauces or tea are too thin. In health: watery eyes in hay fever or a cold. In stories and descriptions: a watery sun in winter, «a watery grave» (drowning at sea). Phrases: «watery eyes», «watery soup», «a watery smile».

examples

• The soup was watery and tasteless. tree →
• My eyes go watery when I chop onions. tree →
• A watery sun peeped through the clouds. tree →
• She gave a watery smile through her tears. tree →
• The paint was too watery to cover the paper. tree →
• The pirates were sent to a watery grave. tree →
• Pleasure-boats, with their swelling sails, skim lightly over the watery mirror, like white butterflies. tree →

note

Comparative: usually «more watery», sometimes «waterier». A watery smile is a weak, tearful one. Related: «waterproof», «watertight» have different meanings.

In the corpora

• Cheese-makers add bacteria and rennet to milk, which separates into solid curds and watery whey; the curds become cheese.

Trees and pragmatics

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