| water | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. h2o, water | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. |
| ~ tear, teardrop | a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.; "his story brought tears to her eyes" |
| ~ perspiration, sudor, sweat | salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.; "sweat poured off his brow" |
| ~ tap water | water directly from the spigot. |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ flake, snowflake | a crystal of snow. |
| ~ diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist | small crystals of ice. |
| ~ binary compound | chemical compound composed of only two elements. |
| ~ atomic number 1, h, hydrogen | a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe. |
| ~ atomic number 8, o, oxygen | a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust. |
| ~ bath water | water used for a bath. |
| ~ dishwater | water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed. |
| ~ distilled water | water that has been purified by distillation. |
| ~ holy water | water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification. |
| ~ ground water, spring water, well water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks. |
| ~ hard water | water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap. |
| ~ ice, water ice | water frozen in the solid state.; "Americans like ice in their drinks" |
| ~ limewater | solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid. |
| ~ liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume. |
| ~ meltwater | melted snow or ice. |
| ~ brine, saltwater, seawater | water containing salts.; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater" |
| ~ fresh water, freshwater | water that is not salty. |
| ~ slush | partially melted snow. |
| ~ soft water | water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap). |
| ~ bilge, bilge water | water accumulated in the bilge of a ship. |
| ~ water of crystallisation, water of crystallization, water of hydration | the water present in hydrated compounds. |
| n. (object) | 2. body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ backwater | a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam.; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos" |
| ~ bay, embayment | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. |
| ~ channel | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels.; "the ship went aground in the channel" |
| ~ drink | any large deep body of water.; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued" |
| ~ estuary | the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix. |
| ~ flowage | a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area.; "many campsites were located near the flowage" |
| ~ crossing, ford | a shallow area in a stream that can be forded. |
| ~ gulf | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay. |
| ~ high sea, international waters | the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation. |
| ~ hydrosphere | the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor. |
| ~ inlet, recess | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands). |
| ~ lake | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land. |
| ~ lake | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land. |
| ~ briny, main | any very large body of (salt) water. |
| ~ mid-water | the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom.; "many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters" |
| ~ ocean | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. |
| ~ ocean | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. |
| ~ offing | the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area.; "there was a ship in the offing" |
| ~ polynya | a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas). |
| ~ puddle, pool | a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid.; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| ~ sea | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land. |
| ~ seven seas | an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world.; "the old salt had sailed the seven seas" |
| ~ shallow, shoal | a stretch of shallow water. |
| ~ sound | a large ocean inlet or deep bay.; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast" |
| ~ stream, watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. |
| ~ earth's surface, surface | the outermost level of the land or sea.; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" |
| ~ territorial waters | the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction. |
| ~ waterfall, falls | a steep descent of the water of a river. |
| ~ waterway | a navigable body of water. |
| ~ h2o, water | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. |
| n. (substance) | 3. water | once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles). |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ element | one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe.; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. water, water supply, water system | a facility that provides a source of water.; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" |
| ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
| ~ infrastructure, base | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area.; "the industrial base of Japan" |
| ~ artificial lake, man-made lake, reservoir | lake used to store water for community use. |
| ~ water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water. |
| n. (substance) | 5. pee, piddle, piss, urine, water, weewee | liquid excretory product.; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" |
| ~ body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body. |
| n. (food) | 6. water | a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants.; "he asked for a drink of water" |
| ~ food, nutrient | any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. |
| ~ nutrient | any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis. |
| ~ branch water | pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water. |
| ~ spring water | water from a spring. |
| ~ drinking water | water suitable for drinking. |
| ~ liquid | a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure. |
| v. (change) | 7. irrigate, water | supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams.; "Water the fields" |
| ~ wet | cause to become wet.; "Wet your face" |
| ~ hose, hose down | water with a hose.; "hose the lawn" |
| ~ flush | cause to flow or flood with or as if with water.; "flush the meadows" |
| ~ hush | run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals. |
| v. (possession) | 8. water | provide with water.; "We watered the buffalo" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (body) | 9. water | secrete or form water, as tears or saliva.; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" |
| ~ secrete, release | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" |
| v. (change) | 10. water | fill with tears.; "His eyes were watering" |
| ~ fill, fill up | become full.; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" |
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