as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
a heavily watered lawn
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as in wetted
to make wet
watered the plants
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Recent Examples of watered
Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Mulch the soil and keep plants watered throughout winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Continue to keep plants watered until the ground freezes or snow falls.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
These are usually granules that are watered into the soil.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
When poinsettias aren't watered properly, diseases can occur.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
The most common mistake made with plants indoors is they are watered too often.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2024
Make sure plants are well watered going into fall and winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
If a room is warmer, a Christmas cactus will need to be watered more often.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Mulch the soil and keep plants watered throughout winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Continue to keep plants watered until the ground freezes or snow falls.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
These are usually granules that are watered into the soil.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
When poinsettias aren't watered properly, diseases can occur.
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
The most common mistake made with plants indoors is they are watered too often.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Nov. 2024
Make sure plants are well watered going into fall and winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watered
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Recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans say that Americans should eat more beans, peas and lentils, cut back on red and processed meats and starchy vegetables and limit sugars, sodium and saturated fats.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Americans should strive to eat less meat and saturated fats, while upping their intake of fiber-rich legumes, fruits and vegetables, according to new recommendations issued Tuesday by a panel of nutrition experts.Ivana Saric, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The Southland remains in high fire season, which could last into the new year without a wetting rainfall, and forecasters say more Santa Ana winds are on the way.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Placing the plant in a dish filled with water allows its roots to soak up the moisture and keep your plant hydrated, without wetting the soil up top, where gnat larvae tend to live.Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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The idea of fiber optic drones was at risk of being drowned out.David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Groomed, shiny, and slightly washed in color.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The interior lining can be easily removed and washed between trips, too.Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
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Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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To give the vinegar a longer working time, saturate paper towels and press them against the glass like wallpaper.Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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Young South Korean activists have flooded the streets of Seoul this week in massive protests calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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But as the nearly weeklong search for his killer continued and a flurry of social media commentary flooded the internet, chief executives have been looking to security consultancies to beef up their own protection.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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