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The Clue
Treated silk (7 letter answer)
The Answer
WATERED
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Notes
The answer WATERED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Diluted, as liquor
Like some silks
Weak, with "down"
Not full-strength
Definition
WATER as a verb:
1. (water, irrigate) = supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
2. provide with water; "We watered the buffalo"
3. secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
4. fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"
WATERED as an adjective:
1. (moire, watered) = (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern