watery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: watery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for watery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
watery adj filled with water; "watery soil" wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" Synonym(s): reeking, watery relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color" overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" Synonym(s): watery, washy, weak
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watery \Wa"tery\, a. [AS. w[91]terig.] 1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. [bd]The watery* god.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Fish within their watery residence.[b8] --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.