water

1. (transitive)To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

   supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

2. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

   (transitive)To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

   gießen, bewässern

   полива́тьpolivátʹ, поли́тьpolítʹ

   поливатиpolyvaty

3. (transitive)To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

   I need to water the cattle.

   tränken

   пои́тьpoítʹ, напои́тьnapoítʹ

   provide with water

4. (transitive)To provide water to (someone).

   We fed and watered the refugees.

   secrete or form water, as tears or saliva

5. (colloquial, transitive)To urinate onto.

   Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.

   Harn lassen

   пи́сатьpísatʹ, попи́сатьpopísatʹ

6. (intransitive)To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.

   Chopping onions makes my eyes water.

   The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.

   tränen

   сльози́тисяslʹozýtysja

   fill with tears

7. (intransitive)To get or take in water.

   The ship put into port to water.

8. To get or take in water.

   (intransitive)To gather water.

   We stopped at the same well we watered at on the last journey.

9. (intransitive, often, transitive, with down)To dilute.

   Can you water the whisky, please?

   разбавля́тьrazbavljátʹ, разба́витьrazbávitʹ

10. (transitive)To treat with water.

    The town waters the dirt road for dust prevention.

11. To treat with water.

    (often, transitive)To extinguish (a fire) with water.

    The firefighters watered out the fire.

    Fill the tank so you can water the fire.

12. (transitive)To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

    to water silk

1. Give me a little more water.

   Дайте мені ще трохи води. — rmdas

   ruДай мне ещё немного воды. — odexed

   deGib mir noch etwas mehr Wasser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. The soldier gave water to me.

   Солдат дав менi води. — rmdas

   ruСолдат дал мне воды. — Biga

   deDer Soldat gab mir Wasser. — Haehnchenpaella

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3. The bottle is filled with water.

   Пляшка повна води. — aandrusiak

   ruБутылка полна воды. — benutzer

   deDie Flasche ist voll Wasser. — benutzer

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4. Could you bring me some water?

   Ви не могли б принести мені трохи води? — deniko

   ruТы не мог бы мне принести воды? — lovermann

   deKönntest du mir etwas Wasser bringen? — Manfredo

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5. We had no water to drink.

   В нас не було питної води. — lingvokrolik

   ruУ нас не было питьевой воды. — ae5s

   deWir hatten kein Wasser zum Trinken. — Esperantostern

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