adj like water, which has a lot of water in it □ to go to a watery grave to be drowned at sea ○ The ship sank in the storm, and all the crew went to a watery grave.
wa´ter•y
a. [AS. waeterig.]
1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. ´The watery god.´ Dryden. ´Fish within their watery residence.´ Milton.
2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as watery humors. “The oily and watery parts of the aliment.” Arbuthnot.
4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. ´The watery god.´ Dryden. ´Fish within their watery residence.´ Milton.
2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as watery humors. “The oily and watery parts of the aliment.” Arbuthnot.
4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
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