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Related topics:1 if you water plants or the ground they are growing in, you pour water on them : 
Will you water my houseplants while I'm away?The garden needs watering daily.
plant/land
[transitive]TAWill you water my houseplants while I'm away?The garden needs watering daily.2 if your eyes water, tears come out of them : Chopping onions makes my eyes water. ➔ mouth-watering
your eyes water
HBHChopping onions makes my eyes water.; ➔ make your mouth water
at mouth1 (11)3 to give an animal water to drink : Have the horses been fed and watered?
animal
[transitive]TADHPHave the horses been fed and watered?4 if an area is watered by a river, the river flows through it and provides it with water : Colombia is watered by several rivers.
river
[transitive usually passive] technicalSGColombia is watered by several rivers.5 to add water to a drink to make it less strong
weaken
also water down [transitive]DFDwater something ↔ down
phrasal verb1 to make a statement, report etc less forceful by changing it or removing parts that may offend people - used to show disapproval : The report of the investigation had been watered down. ➔ watered-down
The report of the investigation had been watered down.2DFD to add water to a drink to make it less strong [= dilute]
WORD FOCUS: garden 
WORD FOCUS: garden
parts of a garden: lawn, flowerbed, hedge, patio, rockery, pond, greenhouse, compost heap, kitchen garden
things you do in the garden: cut the grass/mow the lawn, weed the flowerbeds, sow seeds, plant flowers/bushes/trees, water the plants, cut back/prune roses and other bushes, trim the hedge
➔ See also garden
WORD FOCUS: garden parts of a garden: lawn, flowerbed, hedge, patio, rockery, pond, greenhouse, compost heap, kitchen garden
things you do in the garden: cut the grass/mow the lawn, weed the flowerbeds, sow seeds, plant flowers/bushes/trees, water the plants, cut back/prune roses and other bushes, trim the hedge
➔ See also garden
