water
water - English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈwoːtə/, [ˈwoːɾə]
- (Ireland) IPA: /ˈwɔːtəɹ/, [ˈwɒːθ̠ɚ]
- (Indian English) IPA: [ˈwɔʈə(r)], [ˈʋɔʈə(r)]
- (Tamil English) IPA: [ˈʋaːʈər(ɯ)], [ˈwaːʈər(ɯ)]
- (General South African) IPA: [ˈwoːtə]
- Hyphenation: wa‧ter
Noun
water (countable and uncountable, plural waters)
- (uncountable) A substance (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.
- (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H2O.
- May I have a glass of water?
- Your plants need more water.
- (countable) A serving of liquid water.
- (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
- (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
- The boat was found within the territorial waters.
- These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.
- (poetic, archaic or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river.
- A combination of water and other substance(s).
- (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
- Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
- (countable, often in the plural) Spa water.
- Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
- (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
- ammonia water
- Urine.
- 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.)
- Synonym: bag of waters
- 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)
- Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK)
- (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
- He suffers from water on the knee.
- (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
- (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) 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.
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
- Synonym: bones
- I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.
- (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
- The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
- a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent
- A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- See also water
- See also urine
Antonyms
Hypernyms
- (chemical having the formula H2O): chemical, substance
- (liquid H2O): liquid, fluid
- (basic elements): element
- (urine): body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluid
Hyponyms
- (chemical having the formula H2O): heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour
- (liquid H2O): drinkwater, freshwater, meltwater, mineral water; hard water, soft water
Meronyms
Derived terms
- above water
- Allan Water
- free water
- American water spaniel
- ammonia water
- antiwater
- artesian water
- Ashford-in-the-Water
- backwater, back water, back-water
- barley water, barley-water
- bathwater
- bilgewater
- black water, blackwater
- black-water rafting
- blood in the water
- blood is thicker than water
- blow out of the water
- blue water, bluewater, blue-water
- body of water
- bongwater
- bottled water
- bound water
- Bourton-on-the-Water
- brackishwater
- branch water
- bread and water
- break water, breakwater
- Cairn Water
- carbonated water
- Carron Water
- carry someone's water
- carry water for
- casual water
- catchwater
- chlorine water
- coastal waters
- cold-water, cold water
- come hell or high water
- creekwater
- cutwater
- dead in the water
- dead water
- deep water, Deep Water, deep-water, deepwater, Deepwater
- Derwentwater, Derwent Water
- dew water, dewwater
- dillwater
- dishwater
- distilled water
- ditchwater
- domestic hot water
- doubly labeled water
- Douglas Water
- drinking water
- Edgewater
- Ettrick Water
- European water vole
- Eye Water
- eyewater
- fairwater
- feedwater, feed water
- firewater
- first water
- fish out of water
- flatwater
- floodwater, flood water
- flower water
- formation water
- fossil water
- fountain water, fountainwater
- free water
- fresh water
- freshwater, fresh-water
- giant water bug
- Glaisnock Water
- glass water
- gray water, grey water, graywater, greywater
- green water
- gripe water
- ground water, groundwater
- gypwater
- hard water
- headwater
- heavy water
- hexagonal water
- holy water
- hot water heater
- hell or high water
- high-water
- high water, highwater
- high-water mark
- hold one's water
- hold water
- holy water
- hot water
- hot water bottle
- ice water
- international waters
- Irish water spaniel
- Javelle water
- jerk water, jerk-water, jerkwater
- juvenile water
- keep one's head above water
- lakewater
- large-headed water snake
- laurel water
- lavender water
- light water
- like water
- like a duck takes to water
- like water off a duck's back
- lime water, limewater
- lithia water
- long drink of water
- low water
- Lunan Water
- make water
- meltwater
- meteoric water
- midwater
- milk-and-water
- mineral water
- mop water, mopwater
- mud water, mudwater
- napha water
- nonwater
- not have both oars in the water
- oceanwater
- open water
- overwater
- pass water
- personal water craft
- piss water, pisswater
- polywater
- pomewater
- pondwater
- poolwater
- porewater
- Portuguese Water Dog
- precipitable water
- process hot water
- produced water
- quarry water
- quinine water
- rainwater
- red water, redwater
- reticulated water
- rice water
- river water
- rose water, rosewater
- running water
- salt water
- sea water, seawater
- seltzer water
- semi-heavy water, semiheavy water
- semiwater
- shearwater, sheerwater
- sinkwater
- slack water
- slickwater
- smell blood in the water
- soda water
- soft water, softwater
- Southampton Water
- sparkling water
- spa water
- spring water, spring-water, springwater
- spurnwater
- still water
- still water runs deep
- stormwater
- streamwater
- strong-water
- sugarwater
- sugar water
- super-heavy water
- surface water
- surfeit water
- sweetwater, sweet water
- tailwater
- take on water
- tall drink of water
- tap water
- territorial waters
- test the waters, test the water
- throw cold water on
- tidewater
- tobacco water
- toilet water
- tonic water
- topwater
- tread water
- tritiated water
- uncharted water
- under water, underwater
- Vichy water
- Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water
- Virginia Water
- walk on water
- waste water, wastewater
- water's edge
- water aerobics
- waterage
- water bag
- water bailiff
- water balance
- water ballet
- water balloon
- water-based, waterbased
- water bath
- water bear
- Water Bearer
- water bed, water-bed, waterbed
- water beetle
- waterbike
- waterbird
- water birth
- water biscuit
- water blister
- water-blob
- water bloom
- waterboard
- water boatman
- water boiler, waterboiler
- waterbok
- waterbomb
- water bomber
- waterborne
- water bottle, waterbottle
- water boy, waterboy
- water break
- waterbuck
- water buffalo
- water bug, waterbug
- water bus, waterbus
- water butt
- water can
- water cannon
- water carriage
- water cavy
- water chestnut
- water chicken
- watercise
- water clock, waterclock
- water closet
- watercoaster
- watercock
- watercolour, watercolor
- water column
- water content
- water-cooled
- water cooler, watercooler
- watercourse
- watercraft
- watercress
- water crow
- water cure
- water cycle
- water devil
- water diviner
- water doctor
- water dog
- waterdrop
- water dropwort
- water dumping
- water elephant
- water engine
- water equivalent
- waterfall
- water feature
- water fight, waterfight
- water flag
- water flea
- waterflood
- water for injection
- water fountain
- water fowl, waterfowl
- waterfowler
- waterfowling
- water frame
- waterfree, water-free
- waterfront
- waterful
- water gap
- water garden
- water gas
- water gate, watergate
- water gauge
- water glass
- water gruel
- water gun
- water hammer
- water hardness
- water haul
- water heater
- water hemlock
- water hen, waterhen
- waterhole, water-hole, water hole
- water horse, waterhorse
- water horsetail
- water hyacinth
- water ice
- water injection
- water intoxication
- waterish
- water jacket
- water joint
- waterjug
- water jump
- waterkeeper
- water key
- water knot
- water landing
- water law
- waterleaf
- waterless
- water lettuce, water-lettuce
- water level
- waterlike
- water lily, waterlily
- water line, waterline
- water-line model
- water locust
- waterlog
- waterlogged
- waterly
- water main
- watermaker
- waterman
- watermanship
- watermark
- watermaster
- water-meadow, water meadow
- water memory
- water meter
- watermelon
- water milfoil, watermilfoil
- water mill
- water mint
- water mocassin
- water mold (Oomycetes)
- water monitor
- water mouse
- waterness
- water oak
- water of crystallisation, water of crystallization
- water of hydration
- water on the brain
- water on the knee
- water opossum
- water organ
- Water Orton
- water ouzel
- water over the dam
- water park, waterpark
- water parting
- water pepper
- water-permeable
- water pick
- water pig
- water pill
- water pillar
- water pimpernel
- water pipe, waterpipe
- water pipit
- water pistol
- waterplane
- water plantain
- water plate
- waterplay
- water poisoning
- water police
- water pollution
- water polo
- waterpot
- water potential
- water power, waterpower
- water pox
- water privilege
- waterproof
- waterproofed
- waterquake
- water rail
- water rat
- water-repellent
- water-resistant
- water right
- water rocket
- Waters
- water sapphire
- waterscape
- water scorpion
- watershed, water-shed
- watersheep
- water shield
- watershoot
- water shrew
- waterside
- water sign
- water ski, water-ski, waterski
- water-skier
- water skiing, water-skiing, waterskiing
- waterskin
- water-slickened
- waterslide, water slide
- water snake
- water-soak
- watersoaked
- water softener
- water softening
- water-soluble
- water souchy
- water spaniel
- water speedwell
- water spider
- water spinach
- water sport, watersport
- water spot
- waterspout
- water sprout
- waterstained
- water stop
- Water Stratford
- water strider
- waterstuff
- water supply
- water table
- water tap
- water taxi
- waterthrush
- water tick
- watertight
- water to my mill
- water tower
- water trough
- water tunnel
- water turbine
- water turkey
- water under the bridge
- Water Valley
- water vapor, water-vapor
- water vapor pressure
- water vapour
- water-vascular system
- Waterville
- water vole
- water wagon
- waterward
- waterway
- waterweed
- water wheel, waterwheel
- water white
- water willow
- water wings
- water witch
- water witcher
- water witching
- waterworks, water works
- waterworn
- waterwort
- watery
- water year
- waterzooi
- white water, whitewater
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you never miss the water till the well runs dry
- Ziegler's Water Rat
- ziment water
Descendants
- → American Sign Language: 6@Chin
- Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: wata
- Aukan: wataa
- Belizean Creole: waata
- Bislama: wota
- Cameroon Pidgin: wata
- → Catalan: vàter
- Grenadian Creole English: wata
- Gullah: wata
- Islander Creole English: waata
- Jamaican Creole: wata
- Krio: wata
- Kriol: woda
- Nicaraguan Creole: wáta
- Pichinglis: wàtá
- Pijin: wata
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: worta
- Saramaccan: wáta
- → Spanish: váter
- Sranan Tongo: watra
- Tok Pisin: wara
Translations
Verb
water (third-person singular simple present waters, present participle watering, simple past and past participle watered)
- (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
- (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
- (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
- I need to water the cattle.
- (intransitive) To get or take in water.
- The ship put into port to water.
- (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
- Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
- (transitive) To dilute.
- Can you water the whisky, please?
- (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
- (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
- Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
- The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
- (transitive) 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
Synonyms
- (urinate): (see the list of synonyms in the entry "urinate")
- (dilute): water down
Antonyms
- (dilute): refine
Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb water
Translations
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Anagrams
water - Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈvɑːtər/
Noun
water (plural waters)
- water
- any artificial fluid similar to water
- (colloquial) urine
- any body of water, such as a river or a lake
- a disease where water is accumulated; hydrops
- (in the plural) a large quantity of water; inundation
Verb
water (present water, present participle waterende, past participle gewater)
Derived terms
water - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʋaːtər/, (Belgium) [β̞aːtər], (Netherlands) [ʋaːtər]
- Hyphenation: wa‧ter
Noun
water n (plural waters or wateren, diminutive watertje n)
- water (H2O)
- Het water kookte.
- The water boiled.
- body of water (such as a lake, ditch or stream)
- bodily fluid (especially amniotic fluid)
Derived terms
- badwater
- bronwater
- chloorwater
- danswater
- drinkwater
- grondwater
- ijswater
- in het water vallen
- koningswater
- leidingwater
- mineraalwater
- Quackjeswater
- regenwater
- reukwater
- rivierwater
- rozenwater
- slootwater
- smeltwater
- spawater
- spraakwater
- suikerwater
- theewater
- vaarwater
- vuurwater
- water naar de zee dragen
- waterbouwkunde
- waterdier
- waterdrager
- wateren
- waterfiets
- watergeus
- waterhoen
- waterhond
- waterhoos
- waterig
- waterijs
- waterjuffer
- waterkanon
- waterkering
- waterkoker
- waterleiding
- waterlobelia
- waterman
- watermeloen
- watermolen
- waterpas
- waterplaats
- waterplant
- waterpokken
- waterpolo
- waterput
- waterrad
- waterral
- waterrat
- waterschap
- waterschout
- waterschouw
- waterslang
- watersnood
- waterspitsmuis
- watersport
- waterspreeuw
- waterspuwer
- waterstaat
- waterstand
- waterstof
- watertanden
- watertoren
- watertrappelen
- waterval
- waterverf
- watervlakte
- watervliegtuig
- watervogel
- watervrees
- waterzooi
- waterzuring
- wijwater
- woelwater
- zeewater
- zwartwater
- zwemwater
Descendants
Verb
water
Anagrams
water - Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
Noun
water
- (Drents, Twents) water
water - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /wa.tɛʁ/
Noun
water m (plural waters)
- toilet, bathroom
- Ellipsis of water-closet.
Synonyms
Derived terms
water - Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈva.ter/
Noun
water m (invariable)
- toilet bowl
- (colloquial) water closet, toilet
water - Limburgish
Alternative forms
- Waater (Eupen, Krefeld)
Noun
water n
- water
- body of water
Conjugation
Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | water | watere | waeterke | waeterkes |
Genitive | waters | watere | waeterkes | waeterkes |
Locative | wateves | watevese | waeterke | waeterkes |
Dative¹ | watevem | ? | ? | ? |
Accusative¹ | water | watere | ? | ? |
- Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.
- Plural and diminutive only used for the meaning body of water.
Derived terms
water - Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwaːtər/
Noun
wāter n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
water - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwatər/, /ˈwaːtər/
Noun
water (plural wateres)
- water (liquid H2O)
- water vapour, condensation
- lake, pond, ocean, canal, body of water
- water source, spring, well, fount
- solution, liquid mixture
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see water.
Derived terms
Descendants
water - Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- (originally) IPA: /ˈwaːtər/
Noun
wāter n
Declension
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | wāter | wāter |
accusative | wāter | wāter |
dative | wāteres | wātere |
genitive | wātere | wāteren |
Middle Low German nouns often switch to other declension classes, and new declension patterns are created throughout the period. As such, this table need not necessarily portray the only existing pattern but might merely be an exemplary of an original or common form. |
Descendants
- German Low German: Water
water - Occitan
Noun
water m
- (colloquial) water closet, toilet, rest room