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watered

adj.
A2 Elementary US //ˈwɔtɝd// UK //wˈɔːtəd// wa·tered

adj. given water to keep it healthy or to make it thinner. You use this to describe plants that have enough moisture or drinks that have too much water in them.

adj. supplied with water for growth or hydration; alternatively, diluted or weakened by the addition of water. Often used as a participial adjective to describe the state of plants or liquids.


SIMPLE

The freshly watered plants look much healthier now.

CONTEXTUAL

The gardener made sure every row of vegetables was well watered before the heat of the afternoon set in.

COMPLEX

The critic complained that the director's latest film felt like a watered version of his earlier, more provocative masterpieces, lacking the original's sharp emotional bite.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From water + -ed.

Etymology 2

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.

Usage

Often appears in the compound 'watered-down' when describing ideas or liquids that have been weakened.

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