water
noun
[ ˈwɔːtə ]
• a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
• "sodium chloride dissolves in water"
• a stretch or area of water, such as a river, sea, or lake.
• "the lawns ran down to the water's edge"
• urine.
• "drinking alcohol will make you need to pass water more often"
• the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus in the womb, especially as discharged in a flow shortly before birth.
• "I think my waters have broken"
• the quality of transparency and brilliance shown by a diamond or other gem.
• capital stock that represents a book value greater than the true assets of a company.
water
verb
• pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth.
• "I went out to water the geraniums"
Similar:
sprinkle,
moisten,
dampen,
wet,
spray,
splash,
soak,
douse,
souse,
drench,
saturate,
flood,
waterlog,
hose (down),
water down,
sodden,
Opposite:
dry out,
parch,
• (of a person's eyes) fill with tears.
• "Rory blinked, his eyes watering"
• dilute or adulterate (a drink, typically an alcoholic one) with water.
• "staff at the club had been watering down the drinks"
Similar:
dilute,
water down,
add water to,
thin (out),
make thin/thinner,
weaken,
make weak/weaker,
adulterate,
doctor,
taint,
mix,
cut,
• increase (a company's debt, or nominal capital) by the issue of new shares without a corresponding addition to assets.
Origin:
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’.
make water
• urinate.
• (of a ship or boat) take in water through a leak.
