"watering" in the noun sense
1. lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering
shedding tears
2. watering
wetting with water
"the lawn needs a great deal of watering"
"watering" in the verb sense
1. water, irrigate
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
"Water the fields"
2. water
provide with water
"We watered the buffalo"
3. water
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
"My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"
"His eyes watered"
4. water
fill with tears
"His eyes were watering"
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