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WATERED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

Synonyms:

moire; watered

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb water

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 Context examples: 

The head of the cavalcade had reached the lists ere the rear had come clear of the city gate, for the fairest and the bravest had assembled from all the broad lands which are watered by the Dordogne and the Garonne.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Archers from the New Forest and the Forest of Bere, billmen from the pleasant country which is watered by the Stour, the Avon, and the Itchen, young cavaliers from the ancient Hampshire houses, all were pushing for Christchurch to take service under the banner of the five scarlet roses.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here came the merchandise of all the fair countries which are watered by the Garonne and the Dordogne—the cloths of the south, the skins of Guienne, the wines of the Medoc—to be borne away to Hull, Exeter, Dartmouth, Bristol or Chester, in exchange for the wools and woolfels of England.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)