Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to water
Participle: watered
Gerund: watering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | water |
| you | water |
| he;she;it | waters |
| we | water |
| you | water |
| they | water |
Perfect
| I | have watered |
| you | have watered |
| he;she;it | has watered |
| we | have watered |
| you | have watered |
| they | have watered |
Past
| I | watered |
| you | watered |
| he;she;it | watered |
| we | watered |
| you | watered |
| they | watered |
Pluperfect
| I | had watered |
| you | had watered |
| he;she;it | had watered |
| we | had watered |
| you | had watered |
| they | had watered |
Future
| I | will water |
| you | will water |
| he;she;it | will water |
| we | will water |
| you | will water |
| they | will water |
Future Perfect
| I | will have watered |
| you | will have watered |
| he;she;it | will have watered |
| we | will have watered |
| you | will have watered |
| they | will have watered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | water |
| you | water |
| he;she;it | water |
| we | water |
| you | water |
| they | water |
Perfect
| I | have watered |
| you | have watered |
| he;she;it | have watered |
| we | have watered |
| you | have watered |
| they | have watered |
Imperfect
| I | watered |
| you | watered |
| he;she;it | watered |
| we | watered |
| you | watered |
| they | watered |
Pluperfect
| I | had watered |
| you | had watered |
| he;she;it | had watered |
| we | had watered |
| you | had watered |
| they | had watered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would water |
| you | would water |
| he;she;it | would water |
| we | would water |
| you | would water |
| they | would water |
Perfect
| I | would have watered |
| you | would have watered |
| he;she;it | would have watered |
| we | would have watered |
| you | would have watered |
| they | would have watered |
Imperative
| you | water |
| we | Let's water |
| you | water |
Verbs conjugated like 'water'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'water'
cater,
wafer,
wager,
walter,
waver,
alter,
atter,
aver,
balter,
banter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English wateren, from Old English wæterian, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Scots watter (“water”), Saterland Frisian woaterje (“to water”), West Frisian wetterje (“to water”), Dutch wateren (“to water”), German Low German watern (“to water”), German wässern (“to water”), Danish vande (“to water”), Swedish vattna (“to water”), Icelandic vatna (“to water”). See: Old English '
wæterian', Scots '
watter', Frisian, Saterlandic 'woaterje', Dutch '
wateren', German, old spelling '
wässern', Danish '
vande', Swedish '
vattna', Icelandic '
vatna'.
Verbs referencing "water"
Krio wata, Scots
watter.
Sample Sentences
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Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her. [1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 24, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:]
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tears watering the ground [1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands. [1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part I:]
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I need to water the cattle.
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While they watered and washed their horses, I talked with a red-capped man, some kind of chief. [2008, Oisin Curran, Mopus, page 34:]
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The ship put into port to water.
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After working the 1.30 p.m. through train from Forres to Aberdeen as far as Elgin, she returns tender first with a local passenger train and is then coaled and watered at Forres shed, and eventually works back to Perth on the 10.20 p.m. through freight. [1944 January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 23:]
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Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
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Can you water the whisky, please?
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such agencies would make it possible for the railroads to water stock and evade the law subjecting security issues to public regulation [1930 April 10, “Calls Rail Holding Companies Threat”, in The Sun:]
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Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
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The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
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to water silk