Water : v.tr. and pron. « Water is to pour a liquid over (a dish) to improve its taste.
Specially: Watering down his coffee, pouring alcohol into it.
A watered coffee, in which alcohol has been poured.
Accompany (a meal, dish) of alcoholic drink. Wash down your meal with a good wine.
A well-watered meal, during which we drank a lot of alcohol.
Colloquial: To celebrate (an event) by drinking and offering wine, alcohol. Watering a success: We're going to water it! It's worth a drink !
water the throat : drink alcohol, wine.