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• n  shedding tears
• n  wetting with water
  the lawn needs a great deal of watering
• v  supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
• v  provide with water
• v  secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
• v  fill with tears
  His eyes were watering

• The one-time Emperor nurtured the earth lovingly, professing himself content with watering his patch of the motherland.
• They have been accused of watering down the milk they purchased from local farmers and adding melamine to conceal the dilution, the state-run Xinhua News Service reported.
• The smackdown took place at an ordinary watering hole where a small herd of cape buffalo were drinking and idling, wandering dangerously close to a pack of concealed lions that .

• lacrimation
• lachrymation
• tearing
• water
• irrigate

News & Articles

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• First Down: Miami’s Miller tastes great, fantasy filling
  Walk into any watering hole on a Friday night and chances are someone is emulating Alex Trebek, peppering friends with generally meaningless questions in an attempt to test their alleged Schwab-like sports knowledge. If you’re a person who typically dons a fine-tailored suit, lily white lip sweater and relishes flexing your trivia chops, this gem [...]
  June 16, 2013 - Roto Arcade via Yahoo! Sports
• ‘Watering place of kings’ explored in Washington Township
  WASHINGTON TWP. – Schooley’s Mountain, once known as the “watering place of presidents,” will be the focus of a program at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 15, at the Washington Township Public Library.
  June 14, 2013 - Observer-Tribune
• European Commission denies watering down data protection laws
  The European Commission on Thursday strenuously denied watering down its proposals for data protection laws as a result of United States lobbying. The Commission’s justice spokeswoman, Mina Andreeva, called the allegations, which appeared in the Financial Times, “a strange story with strange timing.” “We are surprised by the very one-sided account of events that took place in the run up to the ...
  June 13, 2013 - PC World

Quotes

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• Amr Moussa in International Herald Tribune
  Maneuvering and watering down (the initiative) will be a strategic mistake,Moussa said. "It perhaps will lead to new bloodshed."
• Vijay Singh in International Herald Tribune
  It's dried out quite a bit,said Singh, the winner three weeks ago at Firestone. "The rough is less thicker. ...... I think they stopped watering it, so you can actually play. It's playable, and some places, you can get yourself in big...
• Howard Schultz in Forbes
  In the e-mail to top Starbucks executives, Schultz said various changes over the years have led to "the watering down of the Starbucks experience, and, what some might call the commoditization of our brand."