English Explanatory Dictionary

Water

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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
  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.
  4. The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
  5. Water in a body; an area of open water.
  6. A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
  7. A combination of water and other substance(s).
  8. Mineral water.
  9. Spa water; hot springs.
  10. A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
  11. A fluid in the body.
  12. Urine.
verb
  1. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
  2. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
  3. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
  4. To get or take in water.
  5. To urinate onto.
  6. To dilute.
  7. To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
  8. To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
  9. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔ.tɚ/ [ˈwɔ.ɾɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nail123Real-water.wav /ˈwɑ.tɚ/ [ˈwɑ.ɾɚ] /ˈwɒ.tɚ/ [ˈwɒ.ɾɚ] En-us-water.ogg /ˈwɔː.tə/ [wo̞ː.tʰə] En-uk-water.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-water.wav /ˈwoː.tə/ [ˈwoː.ɾə] [ˈwoː.ʔɐ] [ˈwoː.ʔə] [ˈwoʊ.ʔə] [ˈwɔo.ɾɐ] /wʊʔə/ /-ɑ/ /ˈwæ.tə/ /ˈwɔ.təɾ/ [ˈwɔə.ɾə] [ˈwɔə.ɾɚ] /ˈwʊ.təɹ/ [ˈwʊ.ɾɚ] wo͝otər /ˈwɔɹ.təɹ/ [ˈwɔɹ.ɾɚ] wôrtər /ˈwɔː.təɹ/ [ˈwɒː.θ̠ɚ] [ˈwɔːʔəɹ] [ˈwɔ.ʈə(r)] [ˈʋɔ.ʈə(r)] [ˈʋaː.ʈər(ɯ)] [ˈwaː.ʈər(ɯ)] [ˈwɔː.tə] /ˈwɔ.tə/ /ˈwɐː.t̪ɛɾ/

Word forms

Water waters wahter wahtuh watering watered

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.

Synonyms

water aqua dihydrogen monoxide (abbr. DHMO) H₂O hydric acid hydro hydrogen hydroxide hydrogen oxide hydrohydroxic acid hydroxic acid hydroxilic acid hydroxylic acid oxidane μ-oxido dihydrogen universal solvent body fluid bodily fluid biofluid emiction lant netting pee peepee piss sig urine wazz wee wee-wee bag of waters bones see Thesaurus:urinate water down

Antonyms

refine

Related words

beverage liquid

Derived words

above-water above water Agnes Water Allan Water American Water Spaniel ammonia water angel water anomalous water antiwater Apollinaris water artesian water Ashford-in-the-Water Atwater Australian water dragon a yard of pump water back water back-water backwater Barbados water barley water barley-water bath water bathwater Bayswater Bayswater North beanwater Berowra Waters Bervie Water between wind and water Biggera Waters bilge water bilgewater black-backed water tyrant black water blackwater black-water rafting blood in the water blood is thicker than water blow out of the water blow something out of the water blow water blue water bluewater blue-water blue-water navy Bluewater Park body of water bongwater bore water bottled water Boundary Waters bound water Bourton-on-the-Water Bowmont Water brackish water brackishwater branch water branch-water bread and water break water

Translations

Aari: noqá Aasax: maʔa Aasax: tugukél Aba: nie Abaga: ṛ̌inai Abanyom: àlɨb (àláp) Abau: hu Abaza: дзы Abé: megyi Abenaki: nebi Abidji: mídí Abinomn: wi Abipón: enarap Abkhaz: аӡы Abu': abal Abua: ə̀mùum Abui: ya Abun: syur Abung: wɑy Abure: nshüe Acehnese: ie Achagua: siatai Achang: jeis Acheron: ngïr Acheron: ngïräk Achi: yaʼ Acholi: pii Achuar: yumi Achuar: entza Achumawi: as Adang: sɛi Adangme: nyu Adi: asi Adioukrou: mídʒ̀ Adnyamathanha: awi Adzera: mpui Adzera: mpu (Amari) Aeka: umo Afade: ame Afar: lee Afrikaans: water Agatu: ìnyɔ́ŋ̀kpɔ̄ Aghul: хьед Aghu Tharrnggala: ŋo
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