3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Water  \Wa"ter\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Watered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Watering}.]  [AS.  w[ae]terian,  gew[ae]terian.] 
  1.  To  wet  or  supply  with  water;  to  moisten;  to  overflow  with 
  water;  to  irrigate;  as  to  water  land;  to  water  flowers. 
 
  With  tears  watering  the  ground.  --Milton. 
 
  Men  whose  lives  gilded  on  like  rivers  that  water  the 
  woodlands.  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  To  supply  with  water  for  drink;  to  cause  or  allow  to 
  drink;  as  to  water  cattle  and  horses. 
 
  3.  To  wet  and  calender,  as  cloth,  so  as  to  impart  to  it  a 
  lustrous  appearance  in  wavy  lines;  to  diversify  with 
  wavelike  lines;  as  to  water  silk.  Cf  {Water},  n.,  6. 
 
  4.  To  add  water  to  (anything),  thereby  extending  the  quantity 
  or  bulk  while  reducing  the  strength  or  quality;  to  extend; 
  to  dilute;  to  weaken. 
 
  {To  water  stock},  to  increase  the  capital  stock  of  a  company 
  by  issuing  new  stock,  thus  diminishing  the  value  of  the 
  individual  shares.  Cf  {Water},  n.,  7.  [Brokers'  Cant] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Watering  \Wa"ter*ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Water},  v. 
 
  {Watering  call}  (Mil.),  a  sound  of  trumpet  or  bugle  summoning 
  cavalry  soldiers  to  assemble  for  the  purpose  of  watering 
  their  horses. 
 
  {Watering  cart},  a  sprinkling  cart.  See  {Water}. 
 
  {Watering  place}. 
  a  A  place  where  water  may  be  obtained,  as  for  a  ship,  for 
  cattle,  etc 
  b  A  place  where  there  are  springs  of  medicinal  water,  or  a 
  place  by  the  sea,  or  by  some  large  body  of  water,  to 
  which  people  resort  for  bathing,  recreation,  boating, 
  etc 
 
  {Watering  pot}. 
  a  A  kind  of  bucket  fitted  with  a  rose,  or  perforated 
  nozzle,  --  used  for  watering  flowers,  paths,  etc 
  b  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  several  species  of  marine  bivalve 
  shells  of  the  genus  {Aspergillum},  or  {Brechites}.  The 
  valves  are  small  and  consolidated  with  the  capacious 
  calcareous  tube  which  incases  the  entire  animal.  The  tube 
  is  closed  at  the  anterior  end  by  a  convex  disk  perforated 
  by  numerous  pores,  or  tubules,  and  resembling  the  rose  of 
  a  watering  pot. 
 
  {Watering  trough},  a  trough  from  which  cattle,  horses,  and 
  other  animals  drink. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  watering 
  n  1:  shedding  tears  [syn:  {lacrimation},  {lachrymation},  {tearing}] 
  2:  wetting  with  water;  "the  lawn  needs  a  great  deal  of 
  watering" 

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