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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. filled with water;
- Example: "watery soil"

2. wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears;
- Example: "wiped his reeking neck"
[syn: reeking, watery]

3. relating to or resembling or consisting of water;
- Example: "a watery substance"
- Example: "a watery color"

4. overly diluted; thin and insipid;
- Example: "washy coffee"
- Example: "watery milk"
- Example: "weak tea"
[syn: watery, washy, weak]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. waeterig.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The watery god." --Dryden. "Fish within their watery residence." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful. [1913 Webster] 3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors. [1913 Webster] The oily and watery parts of the aliment. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

watery adj 1: filled with water; "watery soil" 2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking, watery] 3: relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color" 4: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak]