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water

noun

  1. common liquid substance
  2. chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen (H₂O)
  3. a body of water, usually a river, a lake, or an ocean
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verb

  1. provide with water
  2. to make wet
  3. produce tears
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɔ.tɚ/ / [ˈwɔ.ɾɚ] / /ˈwɑ.tɚ/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, from the medieval pronunciation of the name Walter. * As an English and German surname, from the noun water. * As an Irish surname, adopted as a translation from Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), mistaken for Ó Fuaruisce (“descendant of cold water”), from fuar + uisce.

  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

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water From Middle English water, from Old English wæter (“water”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognates * Scots watter (“water”) * Yola wadher, waudher (“water”) * North Frisian waar, weeder, weeter, woar, woor, wååder, wåår (“water”) * Saterland Frisian Woater (“water”) * West Frisian wetter (“water”) * Cimbrian bassar, bazzar (“water”) * Dutch water (“water”) * Dutch Low Saxon water, wotter (“water”) * German Wasser (“water”) * German Low German Water, Woter (“water”) * Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser (“water”) * Limburgish Waater, water (“water”) * Luxembourgish Waasser (“water”) * Mòcheno bòsser (“water”) * Vilamovian woser (“water”) * West Flemish woater (“water”) * Yiddish וואַסער (vaser, “water”) * Danish vand (“water”) * Elfdalian wattn (“water”) * Faroese vatn (“water”) * Icelandic vatn (“water”) * Norwegian Nynorsk vatn (“water”) * Norwegian Bokmål vann (“water”) * Swedish vatten (“water”) * Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō, “water”) * Old Irish coin fodorne (“otters”, literally “water-dogs”) * Latin unda (“wave”) * Lithuanian vanduõ (“water”) * Polish woda (“water”) * Russian вода́ (vodá, “water”) * Albanian ujë (“water”) * Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) * Armenian գետ (get, “river”) * Sanskrit उदन् (udán, “wave, water”) * Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar, “water”)

  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.

    “By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.”

    “It is wholly out of the power of language to convey any idea of the blissful enjoyment of obtaining water, after an almost total want of it, during eight and forty hours, in the scorching regions of an Arabian desert, in the month of July.”

  2. 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.

    “May I have a glass of water?”

    “Your plants need more water.”

  3. 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.

    “Joe bustled back and offered her a glass of wine but she shook her head. “Just a water, please.””

  4. The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

    “He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.”

  5. Water in a body; an area of open water.

    “Roſa. O vain peticioner, beg a greater matter, Thou now requeſts but Mooneſhine in the water.”

    “'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.”

  6. A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.

    “And as they went on their waye they cam vnto a certayne water and the gelded man ſayde: Se here is water what ſhall lett me to be baptiſed?”

    “When the man rode off with the silver jug from the beautiful maiden, who presented it to him, an old crone set off in pursuit of him with such velocity, that she would surely have caught him, but that providentially he came to a running water.”

  7. A combination of water and other substance(s).

    “Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.”

  8. A combination of water and other substance(s).

    “Many people visit Bath to take the waters.”

    “Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed.”

  9. A combination of water and other substance(s).

    “ammonia water”

  10. A combination of water and other substance(s).

    “Ser Dunaver's squire Jodge could not hold his water when he slept.”

  11. A combination of water and other substance(s).

    “Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America)”

    “Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America)”

  12. A combination of water and other substance(s).

    “He suffers from water on the knee.”

  13. The water supply, as a service or utility.

    “The city threatened to cut off our water after we went only a month without paying our bill.”

    “Did you leave the water running again?”

  14. A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.

    “The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.”

    “Taiwan didn’t report any Chinese military planes that went beyond the median line and entered the zone for a week from Feb. 27 to March 5. After two were detected on March 6, the next four days had none. Such flights resumed in small numbers between Wednesday and Friday. The drop coincided with the annual meeting of China’s legislature. While such flights have fallen in the past during major events and public holidays, this year’s fall was more prominent than in the past. Analysts said the meeting could not be the sole reason behind the recent drop. Another potential factor could be a desire to calm the waters with Washington weeks before a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump. The White House has said that Trump would travel to China from March 31 to April 2, though Beijing has not officially confirmed that.”

  15. A person's intuition.

    “I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.”

  16. Excess valuation of securities.

    “Iowa Governor Will Fight Rock Island Reorganization. He Says That Under the New Plan Too Much Water Is Put Into the Stock—Believes Plan Is Out of Harmony with Iowa Laws.”

    “the outstanding stock and bond obligations of the company were reduced from $34,000,000 to $24,000,000 by squeezing out the water.”

  17. Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.

    “Thanks for the great video. No water, 100% substance!”

  18. A particular quality or appearance suggestive of water:

    “a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent”

    “And when she raised it to see what caused this agitation, she saw nothing—nothing but the vast solitary emerald which Queen Elizabeth had given her. And was that not enough? she asked. It was of the finest water.”

  19. A particular quality or appearance suggestive of water:

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wateren, from Old English wæterian, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognates Cognate with Scots watter (“water”), Saterland Frisian woaterje (“to water”), West Frisian wetterje (“to water”), Dutch wateren (“to water”), German Low German watern (“to water”), German wässern (“to water”), Danish vande (“to water”), Swedish vattna (“to water”), Icelandic vatna (“to water”).

  1. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

    “Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.”

  2. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

    “tears watering the ground”

    “Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.”

  3. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

    “I need to water the cattle.”

    “While they watered and washed their horses, I talked with a red-capped man, some kind of chief.”

  4. To get or take in water.

    “The ship put into port to water.”

    “After working the 1.30 p.m. through train from Forres to Aberdeen as far as Elgin, she returns tender first with a local passenger train and is then coaled and watered at Forres shed, and eventually works back to Perth on the 10.20 p.m. through freight.”

  5. To urinate onto.

    “Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.”

  6. To dilute.

    “Can you water the whisky, please?”

  7. To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

    “such agencies would make it possible for the railroads to water stock and evade the law subjecting security issues to public regulation”

  8. To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.

    “Chopping onions makes my eyes water.”

    “The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.”

  9. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

    “to water silk”