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▸ noun: (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
▸ noun: (countable) A serving of liquid water.
▸ noun: (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
▸ noun: (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
▸ noun: (poetic, archaic or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
▸ noun: A combination of water and other substance(s).
▸ noun: (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
▸ noun: (countable, often in the plural) Spa water.
▸ noun: (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
▸ noun: Urine.
▸ noun: 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.)
▸ noun: (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
▸ noun: (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
▸ noun: (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
▸ noun: (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
▸ noun: The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
▸ noun: A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
▸ verb: (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To get or take in water.
▸ verb: (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
▸ verb: (transitive) To dilute.
▸ verb: (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
Similar:
water supply,
irrigate,
body of water,
sudor,
sweat,
diaphoresis,
hidrosis,
perspiration,
pee,
piddle,
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Types:
tap water,
mineral water,
spring water,
sparkling water,
alkaline water,
purified water,
well water,
brackish water,
saltwater,
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