as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
a heavily watered lawn
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as in wetted
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of watered
Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Houseplants prefer to be watered with room temperature water and cold water can sometimes shock the plant’s roots and lead to issues.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
In general, tropical plants should be watered about once every 1-2 weeks, while succulents and cacti can be watered more sparingly.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Keep Plant Leaves Dry Houseplants can be watered using overhead watering or bottom watering.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Water Keeping poinsettias watered depends on how often your plant's soil gets dry.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Prepare plants for cold weather by keeping plants well-watered throughout fall and winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
If a room is warmer, a Christmas cactus will need to be watered more often.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
The pigs were safely loaded, watered and fed while on the island.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Houseplants prefer to be watered with room temperature water and cold water can sometimes shock the plant’s roots and lead to issues.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
In general, tropical plants should be watered about once every 1-2 weeks, while succulents and cacti can be watered more sparingly.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Keep Plant Leaves Dry Houseplants can be watered using overhead watering or bottom watering.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Water Keeping poinsettias watered depends on how often your plant's soil gets dry.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Prepare plants for cold weather by keeping plants well-watered throughout fall and winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
If a room is warmer, a Christmas cactus will need to be watered more often.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watered
Adjective
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The choice between chicken or beef ultimately depends on your health goals, whether that be eating less saturated fat or increasing your iron intake.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
5 Mar. 2025
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Fog and stratus clouds Clouds are a result of saturation, but saturated air can also exist at ground level.—
Ross Lazear,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Firefighters instead tried to aim water right into the back of the garbage truck without wetting the CNG cylinders nearby on the roof.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hertz and his men moved behind the restaurant, trying to wet the ground and tearing down a fence that would just provide more fuel to the fire.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Expand All The clues that alcohol was a factor in a catastrophic boat crash that drowned one teen and permanently disabled another emerged immediately.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.—
Maggie O'Neill,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2025
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There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Alternatively, saturate cotton balls with essential oil and place them near all possible entry points.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Jan. 2025
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Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.—
C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
6 June 2024
Verb
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With over 826,000 views, the comments section was flooded with laughter and praise for the husband's unflappable demeanor.—
Daniella Gray,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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