'Water' definitions:
Definition of 'water'
From: WordNet
noun
Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O]
noun
The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body of water, water]
noun
Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
noun
A facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water]
noun
Liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water]
noun
A liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"
verb
Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate]
verb
Provide with water; "We watered the buffalo"
verb
Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
verb
Fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"
Definition of 'Water'
From: GCIDE
- Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[~e]r), n. [AS. w[ae]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[=o], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. Dropsy, Hydra, Otter, Wet, Whisky.]
- 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. "We will drink water." --Shak. "Powers of fire, air, water, and earth." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see Ice, Steam). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. [1913 Webster]
- Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen. [1913 Webster]
- 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted." [Brokers' Cant] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Hard water. See under Hard.
- Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miner's inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from 1/2 of an inch to 1 inch above its top.
- Mineral water, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature.
- Soft water, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts.
- To hold water. See under Hold, v. t.
- To keep one's head above water, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.]
- To make water. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak.
- Water of crystallization (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, CuSO4, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, CuSO4.5H2O, contains five molecules of water of crystallization.
- Water on the brain (Med.), hydrocephalus.
- Water on the chest (Med.), hydrothorax. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Water'
From: GCIDE
- Water \Wa"ter\, v. i.
- 1. To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water. [1913 Webster]
- If thine eyes can water for his death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. [1913 Webster]
- The mouth waters, a phrase denoting that a person or animal has a longing desire for something, since the sight of food often causes one who is hungry to have an increased flow of saliva. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Water'
From: GCIDE
- Water \Wa"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watered; p. pr. & vb. n. Watering.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. [1913 Webster]
- With tears watering the ground. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. [1913 Webster]
- To water stock, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water, n., 7. [Brokers' Cant] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'water'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid,
- adulterate,
- agua,
- air,
- April showers,
- aqua,
- aquarelle,
- asperge,
- atom,
- atomic particles,
- attenuate,
- automatic sprinkler,
- baptize,
- bastardize,
- beaded brow,
- beads of sweat,
- bed,
- bed down,
- bedew,
- bespatter,
- besprinkle,
- beverage,
- blood,
- BO,
- body odor,
- break,
- bridle,
- brush,
- brute matter,
- building block,
- cambric tea,
- canvas,
- carbon tet,
- carbon tetrachloride,
- carbon-dioxide foam,
- cast the lead,
- chameleon,
- chemical element,
- cloud shapes,
- cobweb,
- cold sweat,
- component,
- constituent,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- curry,
- currycomb,
- cut,
- dabble,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dash,
- Davy,
- Davy Jones,
- debase,
- deck gun,
- deluge set,
- denaturalize,
- denature,
- dew,
- diaphoresis,
- dilute,
- dishwater,
- doctor,
- doctor up,
- douche,
- drench,
- drink,
- drinking water,
- drool,
- Dylan,
- earth,
- easel-picture,
- eau,
- element,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- etherealize,
- excrete,
- expand,
- extinguisher,
- exudate,
- exudation,
- fathom,
- feed,
- finger painting,
- fire,
- fire apparatus,
- fire engine,
- fire hose,
- fire hydrant,
- fireplug,
- fluid,
- fluid extract,
- fluid mechanics,
- foam,
- foam extinguisher,
- Foamite,
- fodder,
- fortify,
- fundamental particle,
- gentle,
- give out,
- gossamer,
- gouache,
- groom,
- ground water,
- gruel,
- hair,
- handle,
- hard water,
- harness,
- head,
- heavy water,
- hitch,
- honest sweat,
- hook-and-ladder,
- hose,
- hose down,
- house of cards,
- humect,
- humectate,
- humidify,
- hydraulics,
- hydrogeology,
- hydrol,
- hydrometeor,
- hydrosphere,
- hyle,
- hypostasis,
- irrigate,
- juice,
- kaleidoscope,
- lace,
- lactate,
- ladder pipe,
- latex,
- lather,
- limewater,
- liquid,
- liquid extract,
- liquor,
- litter,
- make a sounding,
- manage,
- matchwood,
- material,
- material world,
- materiality,
- matter,
- mercury,
- mermaid,
- merman,
- micturition,
- milk,
- milk and water,
- mineral water,
- moisten,
- molecule,
- monad,
- moon,
- natural world,
- nature,
- Neptune,
- Nereid,
- Nereus,
- Oceanid,
- Oceanus,
- oil,
- oil painting,
- paddle,
- painting,
- pee,
- pee-pee,
- perspiration,
- perspiration odor,
- physical world,
- piddle,
- pish,
- piss,
- plenum,
- plumb,
- plumb the depths,
- plumb-line,
- pollute,
- Poseidon,
- produce,
- Proteus,
- pumper,
- quicksilver,
- rain,
- rainwater,
- rarefy,
- reduce,
- reed,
- rolling stone,
- rope of sand,
- rub down,
- saddle,
- salt water,
- sand castle,
- sap,
- sea devil,
- sea god,
- sea water,
- seaman,
- secern,
- secrete,
- semiliquid,
- shifting sands,
- siren,
- slaver,
- sling the lead,
- slobber,
- slop,
- slosh,
- snorkel,
- soda,
- soft water,
- sound,
- sparge,
- spatter,
- spike,
- spit,
- spittle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- sponge,
- spray,
- spring water,
- sprinkle,
- sprinkler,
- sprinkler head,
- sprinkler system,
- stale,
- steam,
- streams of sweat,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substratum,
- subtilize,
- sudor,
- sudoresis,
- super-pumper,
- swash,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- syringe,
- take soundings,
- tame,
- tamper with,
- tear,
- tempera,
- tend,
- the four elements,
- the weather,
- Thetis,
- thin,
- thin away,
- thin down,
- thin out,
- thread,
- train,
- Triton,
- unit of being,
- urea,
- urination,
- urine,
- Varuna,
- wash,
- wash drawing,
- water cannon,
- water down,
- water vapor,
- weaken,
- weather vane,
- weathercock,
- wee-wee,
- weep,
- well water,
- wet,
- wet blanket,
- wet down,
- wetting agent,
- wetting-out agent,
- wheel of fortune,
- whey,
- whirligig,
- yoke
Words containing 'Water'
- Under water,
- Water can,
- Watered,
- Waterer,
- Watering,
- above water,
- water down,
- watered down,
- watering can,
- waters,
- Barley water,
- Between wind and water,
- Big Water,
- Bilge water,
- Blue water,
- Clary water,
- Congee water,
- Congress water,
- Dead water,
- Dragon water,
- Feed water,
- Fennel water,
- Fire water,
- First water,
- Gum water,
- Hard water,
- High water,
- Holy water,
- Hungary water,
- In hot water,
- Inch of water,
- Laurel water,
- Lavender water,
- Low water,
- Mineral water,
- Mother water,
- Napha water,
- Quick water,
- Quicksilver water,
- Rain water,
- Red water,
- Rice water,
- Rose water,
- Salt water,
- Seidlitz water,
- Selters water,
- Seltzer water,
- Slack water,
- Soda water,
- Soft water,
- Still water,
- Sweet Water,
- Tar water,
- Territorial waters,
- The mouth waters,
- Tide water,
- To back water,
- To cast the water,
- To hold water,
- To make water,
- To water stock,
- Treacle water,
- Vichy water,
- Water Valley,
- Water adder,
- Water agrimony,
- Water aloe,
- Water antelope,
- Water arum,
- Water back,
- Water bailiff,
- Water ballast,
- Water barometer,
- Water bath,
- Water battery,
- Water bear,
- Water bed,
- Water beech,
- Water beetle,
- Water bellows,
- Water bird,
- Water blackbird,
- Water boatman,
- Water brain,
- Water brash,
- Water breather,
- Water bridge,
- Water buck,
- Water buffalo,
- Water bug,
- Water butt,
- Water caltrop,
- Water canker,
- Water carriage,
- Water cart,
- Water cavy,
- Water celery,
- Water cell,
- Water cement,
- Water chestnut,
- Water chevrotain,
- Water chicken,
- Water chickweed,
- Water chinquapin,
- Water clock,
- Water cock,
- Water color,
- Water course,
- Water craft,
- Water crake,
- Water crane,
- Water cress,
- Water crow,
- Water crowfoot,
- Water cure,
- Water deck,
- Water deer,
- Water deerlet,
- Water devil,
- Water dock,
- Water doctor,
- Water dog,
- Water drain,
- Water drainage,
- Water dressing,
- Water dropwort,
- Water eagle,
- Water elder,
- Water elephant,
- Water engine,
- Water feather,
- Water flag,
- Water flannel,
- Water flea,
- Water flounder,
- Water fox,
- Water frame,
- Water furrow,
- Water gage,
- Water gall,
- Water gang,
- Water gas,
- Water gate,
- Water gauge,
- Water gavel,
- Water germander,
- Water gilding,
- Water gillyflower,
- Water glass,
- Water god,
- Water grass,
- Water gruel,
- Water hammer,
- Water hare,
- Water hemlock,
- Water hemp,
- Water hen,
- Water hog,
- Water horehound,
- Water hyacinth,
- Water ice,
- Water inch,
- Water joint,
- Water junket,
- Water laverock,
- Water leg,
- Water lemon,
- Water lettuce,
- Water level,
- Water lily,
- Water lime,
- Water line,
- Water lizard,
- Water locust,
- Water meadow,
- Water measure,
- Water measurer,
- Water meter,
- Water milfoil,
- Water mill,
- Water mint,
- Water mite,
- Water moccasin,
- Water mole,
- Water monitor,
- Water monkey,
- Water motor,
- Water mouse,
- Water murrain,
- Water newt,
- Water nymph,
- Water oat,
- Water of crystallization,
- Water of hydration,
- Water on the brain,
- Water on the chest,
- Water opossum,
- Water ordeal,
- Water ousel,
- Water ouzel,
- Water parsnip,
- Water parting,
- Water partridge,
- Water pennywort,
- Water pepper,
- Water pheasant,
- Water piet,
- Water pig,
- Water pillar,
- Water pimpernel,
- Water pipe,
- Water pitcher,
- Water plant,
- Water plantain,
- Water plate,
- Water poa,
- Water pocket,
- Water poise,
- Water pore,
- Water power,
- Water pox,
- Water privilege,
- Water purslane,
- Water qualm,
- Water rabbit,
- Water radish,
- Water rail,
- Water ram,
- Water rat,
- Water rate,
- Water rattle,
- Water rattler,
- Water rice,
- Water robin,
- Water rocket,
- Water sail,
- Water sapphire,
- Water scorpion,
- Water screw,
- Water shield,
- Water shrew,
- Water snail,
- Water snake,
- Water soldier,
- Water souchy,
- Water spaniel,
- Water sparrow,
- Water speedwell,
- Water spider,
- Water spinner,
- Water sprite,
- Water starwort,
- Water supply,
- Water tabby,
- Water table,
- Water telescope,
- Water tender,
- Water thermometer,
- Water thief,
- Water thrush,
- Water thyme,
- Water tick,
- Water tiger,
- Water torch,
- Water tower,
- Water tree,
- Water trefoil,
- Water tube,
- Water tupelo,
- Water turkey,
- Water tuyere,
- Water twist,
- Water vine,
- Water violet,
- Water viper,
- Water vole,
- Water wagtail,
- Water way,
- Water wheel,
- Water willow,
- Water wing,
- Water witch,
- Watering call,
- Watering cart,
- Watering place,
- Watering pot,
- Watering trough,
- Weeping Water,
- Well water,
- ammonia water,
- bath water,
- blow out of the water,
- body of water,
- bottled water,
- branch water,
- break water,
- carbonated water,
- chlorine water,
- coconut water,
- cold water,
- cologne water,
- deep water,
- distilled water,
- drawer of water,
- drinking water,
- ethel waters,
- fish out of water,
- fresh water,
- ground water,
- heavy water,
- hold water,
- hot water,
- ice water,
- international waters,
- javel water,
- javelle water,
- jealousy waters of,
- lithia water,
- make water,
- making water,
- moire watered,
- mouth watering,
- nimrim waters of,
- oxygenated water,
- pass water,
- passing water,
- quinine water,
- rough water,
- sewer water,
- shiloah the waters of,
- sparkling water,
- spring water,
- sugar water,
- take in water,
- take water,
- tap water,
- toilet water,
- tonic water,
- tread water,
- treading water,
- u.s. waters,
- water avens,
- water bearer,
- water bears,
- water birch,
- water biscuit,
- water bitternut,
- water blister,
- water bottle,
- water bouget,
- water boy,
- water buttercup,
- water cabbage,
- water cannon,
- water carpet,
- water carrier,
- water chute,
- water closet,
- water clover,
- water company,
- water conservation,
- water cooler,
- water development,
- water dragon,
- water elm,
- water faucet,
- water fennel,
- water fern,
- water filter,
- water finder,
- water flaxseed,
- water fountain,
- water gap,
- water gum,
- water gun,
- water hazard,
- water heater,
- water hickory,
- water hole,
- water horsetail,
- water jacket,
- water jug,
- water jump,
- water lobelia,
- water main,
- water mat,
- water mold,
- water oak,
- water of crystallisation,
- water of jealousy,
- water of purification,
- water of separation,
- water on the knee,
- water orchid,
- water ox,
- water pill,
- water pistol,
- water pollution,
- water polo,
- water program,
- water project,
- water pump,
- water right,
- water scooter,
- water shamrock