Meaning of water in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈwɔdər/

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  1. Verb

    water

    Definitions

    1. supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

    Examples

    • « Water the fields »

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  2. 2. provide with water

    Examples

    • « We watered the buffalo »

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  3. 3. secrete or form water, as tears or saliva

    Examples

    • « My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner »
    • « His eyes watered »
  4. 4. fill with tears

    Examples

    • « His eyes were watering »

    Derived terms

  5. Noun

    water

    Etymology

    Old English wæter (noun), wæterian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch water, German Wasser, from an Indo-European root shared by Russian voda (compare with vodka), also by Latin unda‘wave’ and Greek hudōr‘water’

    Definitions

    1. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid

    Examples

    • « freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade »
    • « widely used as a solvent »

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  6. 2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

    Examples

    • « they invaded our territorial waters »
    • « they were sitting by the water's edge »
  7. 3. facility that provides a source of water

    Examples

    • « the town debated the purification of the water supply »
    • « first you have to cut off the water »
  8. 4. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
  9. 5. liquid excretory product

    Examples

    • « there was blood in his urine »
    • « the child had to make water »

    Derived terms

  10. 6. a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants

    Examples

    • « he asked for a drink of water »

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