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water

/ˈwɔtɚ/

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What does water mean?

noun

  1. An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
  2. The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
  3. A serving of liquid water.
More meanings (33)

noun

  1. The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
  2. Water in a body; an area of open water.
  3. Mineral water.
  4. Spa water; hot springs.
  5. A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
  6. Urine.
  7. Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
  8. A fluid that causes swelling.
  9. The water supply, as a service or utility.
  10. (figuratively) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
  11. (figuratively) A person's intuition.
  12. (figuratively) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
  13. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
  14. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
  15. (archaic) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
  16. (dated) Excess valuation of securities.

verb

  1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
  2. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
  3. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
  4. To provide water to (someone).
  5. To urinate onto.
  6. To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
  7. To get or take in water.
  8. To gather water.
  9. To dilute.
  10. To treat with water.
  11. To extinguish (a fire) with water.
  12. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
  13. (dated) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

proper noun

  1. A hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580).
  2. A hamlet on the B6238 Burnley Road in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8425).
  3. A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
  4. A surname
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The percentage figure for irrigated refers to the portion of the entire amount of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
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There was a desperate tangle of wood and water and a swampy patch we never should have found our way across alone.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
A violent explosion shook the air, and a spout of water, steam, mud, and shattered metal shot far up into the sky.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
His eyes seemed twice as large as usual and had lights in them like those the moonlight makes on black, running water.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44