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# watery

adjective (watery, waterier, wateriest – usually «more watery»)

«watery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Containing too much water; thin and weak: watery soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#m1)
2. Full of water or wet: watery eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#m2)
3. Pale, weak in colour or light: a watery sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#m3)
4. Like water or connected with water: a watery grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking: watery sauces or tea are too thin. In health: watery eyes in hay fever or a cold. In stories and descriptions: a watery sun in winter, «a watery grave» (drowning at sea). Phrases: «watery eyes», «watery soup», «a watery smile».

### Examples

- The soup was watery and tasteless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x1)
- My eyes go watery when I chop onions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x2)
- A watery sun peeped through the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x3)
- She gave a watery smile through her tears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x4)
- The paint was too watery to cover the paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x5)
- The pirates were sent to a watery grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x6)
- Pleasure-boats, with their swelling sails, skim lightly over the watery mirror, like white butterflies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: usually «more watery», sometimes «waterier». A watery smile is a weak, tearful one. Related: «waterproof», «watertight» have different meanings.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «watery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/watery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«watery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/watery.html) on Mova free.