[{"word":"watering","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To provide (animals) with water for drinking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I need to go water the cattle."},{"definition":"To get or take in water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ship put into port to water."},{"definition":"To urinate onto.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To dilute.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Can you water the whisky, please?"},{"definition":"To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fill with or secrete water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Chopping onions makes my eyes water."},{"definition":"To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to water silk"}],"synonyms":["water down"],"antonyms":["refine"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The plants receive regular waterings."},{"definition":"The art or process of giving a wavy, ornamental appearance to something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/watering"]}]