WATERING

To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

Example: "I need to go water the cattle."

To get or take in water.

Example: "The ship put into port to water."

To urinate onto.

To dilute.

Example: "Can you water the whisky, please?"

To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

To fill with or secrete water.

Example: "Chopping onions makes my eyes water."

To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

Example: "To water silk"