Standard Lemma guide

watered

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)d/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: warted (non-rhotic)
  • CMU ARPABET: W AO1 T ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Supplied with water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Keep the horses well fed and watered.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Marked with wavy lines like those made by water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of water

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

(of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moire

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English watered, watred, ywaterd, y-wattered, i-watred, i-watered, from Old English *wæterod, *ġewæterod, equivalent to water + -ed. Cognate with West Frisian wetterd, Dutch verwaterd, German bewässert.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.