1) Activity 2) Bodily function 3) Bodily process 4) Body process 5) Lachrymation 6) Lacrimation 7) Shedding tears 8) Tearing 9) Use for a garden hose 10) Wetting with water 1) Lachrymation 2) Lacrimation 3) Sparge 
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Water • a. & n. from Water, v.
<medicine> From Water, Watering call Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resemb...
Wa'ter·ing adjective & noun from Water , v. Watering call (Mil.) , a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. -- Watering cart , a sprinkling cart. See Water
[n] - wetting with water
noun wetting with water; `the lawn needs a great deal of watering`
Plants differ somewhat on how much water they require and will generally fall into 5 categories. These categories are most relevant for plants in containers but also apply to in ground plantings.