Hypertext Webster Gateway: "watery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. w[ae]terig.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
watery
adj 1: filled with water; "watery soil"
2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood
or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: {reeking}, {dripping}]
3: filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery
eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" [syn: {liquid},
{swimming}]
4: relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery
grave"
5: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: {washy}, {weak}]
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