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Definitions for watering
wa·ter·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, wateringnoun

    shedding tears

  2. wateringnoun

    wetting with water

    "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"

Wiktionary

  1. wateringnoun

    An act of watering.

    The plants receive regular waterings.

  2. wateringadjective

    Used to water.

Wikipedia

  1. watering

    Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. Irrigation helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall. In addition to these uses, irrigation is also employed to protect crops from frost, suppress weed growth in grain fields, and prevent soil consolidation. It is also used to cool livestock, reduce dust, dispose of sewage, and support mining operations. Drainage, which involves the removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given location, is often studied in conjunction with irrigation. There are several methods of irrigation that differ in how water is supplied to plants. Surface irrigation, also known as gravity irrigation, is the oldest form of irrigation and has been in use for thousands of years. In sprinkler irrigation, water is piped to one or more central locations within the field and distributed by overhead high-pressure water devices. Micro-irrigation is a system that distributes water under low pressure through a piped network and applies it as a small discharge to each plant. Micro-irrigation uses less pressure and water flow than sprinkler irrigation. Drip irrigation delivers water directly to the root zone of plants. Subirrigation has been used in field crops in areas with high water tables for many years. It involves artificially raising the water table to moisten the soil below the root zone of plants. Irrigation water can come from groundwater (extracted from springs or by using wells), from surface water (withdrawn from rivers, lakes or reservoirs) or from non-conventional sources like treated wastewater, desalinated water, drainage water, or fog collection. Irrigation can be supplementary to rainfall, which is common in many parts of the world as rainfed agriculture, or it can be full irrigation, where crops rarely rely on any contribution from rainfall. Full irrigation is less common and only occurs in arid landscapes with very low rainfall or when crops are grown in semi-arid areas outside of rainy seasons. The environmental effects of irrigation relate to the changes in quantity and quality of soil and water as a result of irrigation and the subsequent effects on natural and social conditions in river basins and downstream of an irrigation scheme. The effects stem from the altered hydrological conditions caused by the installation and operation of the irrigation scheme. Amongst some of these problems is depletion of underground aquifers through overdrafting. Soil can be over-irrigated due to poor distribution uniformity or management wastes water, chemicals, and may lead to water pollution. Over-irrigation can cause deep drainage from rising water tables that can lead to problems of irrigation salinity requiring watertable control by some form of subsurface land drainage.

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  1. watering

    Watering is the process of adding water to plants, soil, or any specific surfaces to aid in the growth of plants, to moisten or to clean. This could be done manually using watering cans or other types of containers, or through automated systems like sprinklers or irrigation. Watering is an integral part of gardening, farming, and horticulture to ensure the healthy growth and development of plants.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Watering

    of Water

  2. Watering

    a. & n. from Water, v

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of watering in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of watering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of watering in a Sentence

  1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

    Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.

  2. Claire Hockridge:

    During the day, the group dug a hole underneath the car to stay cool and then slept in the vehicle at night, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. During that time period, the trio survived on six liters of water, 10 cans of iced vodka, a packet of biscuitsand some beef noodles. After running out of supplies, they left a note on the car and made their way to the watering hole. In this image made from video, an advertisement for the campsite line the roadside where a woman was found after being stranded in the Alice Springs area in the central Australian Outback. ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP) Tamra McBeath-Riley said Tamra McBeath-Riley decided to stay at the waterhole with Tamra McBeath-Riley Staffordshire terrierbecause Tamra McBeath-Riley did not think the dog would survive a walk to the Stuart Highway, which connects Australias north and south coasts. The group of women did not know if anyone was looking for them. When the helicopter found me, I thought that Claire Hockridge and Phu Tran had reached Stuart Highway, stuart Highway was Stuart Highway. So to find thats not the case is worrying.

  3. Bernard Uechtritz:

    It stands head and shoulders above everything else as it is head and shoulders above everything else, it's truly a one of a kind. Where can you go with half-a-million acres under one fence with oil, cattle, natural resources and intellectual property ? Nowhere, it's just not out there. Uechtritz, who has sold everything from cattle stations in his native Australia to celebrity pads in Beverly Hills, explained that he had turned down a number of eye-watering bids.

  4. Scott Simmons:

    Drano is not a covert poisoning agent, it’s got a crazy terrible taste, it burns, your eyes start watering.

  5. Kate Freud:

    It's grown into a huge market. It's been hugely helped by the royals because it gives a lot of these brands an international platform, you can be looking at anything from a simple cotton baby grow that's 90 pounds ($117) ... to a Burberry changing bag which is 850 pounds, and beyond. Some of the prices are really eye-watering but parents are prepared to pay it.

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