Meanings
watered1
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of water
watered2
comparative more watered · superlative most watered
- Supplied with water.
Keep the horses well fed and watered.
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Like the two preceding provinces, Chiang-su forms part of the Great Plain. It has few hills and is more abundantly watered than any other province.
1898, Harlan P. Beach, Dawn on the Hills of Tʻang, New York, →OCLC, page 154 - Marked with wavy lines like those made by water.
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Origin
watered · adjective
- Old English*wæterod
- Middle Englishwatered
- Englishwatered
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.
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watered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watered
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