What is the meaning of watering?

noun

• Shedding tears.
  • synonyms: lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing
• Wetting with water.
  • usage: "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"

verb

• Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams.
  • usage: "Water the fields"
  • synonyms: water, irrigate
• Provide with water.
  • usage: "We watered the buffalo"
  • synonyms: water
• Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva.
  • usage: "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
  • synonyms: water
• Fill with tears.
  • usage: "His eyes were watering"
  • synonyms: water