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water

/ˈwɔ.tɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Water means: liquid excretory product.

Synonyms for water12

noun, as in liquid excretory product

urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee

noun, as in a facility that provides a source of water

water system, water supply

noun, as in 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

H2O

noun, as in the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

body of water

verb, as in supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

irrigate

also used for water

see Thesaurus:urinate, water down

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What does water mean?10

noun

1

liquid excretory product“there was blood in his urine”

2

a facility that provides a source of water“the town debated the purification of the water supply”

3

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

4

the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)“they invaded our territorial waters”

5

once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm

6

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants“he asked for a drink of water”

verb

1

supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams“Water the fields”

2

provide with water“We watered the buffalo”

3

secrete or form water, as tears or saliva“My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner”

4

fill with tears“His eyes were watering”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with water?2

two syllables

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Water in a sentence

  • If it were not for water, human life would be impossible.CK
  • If it were not for water, nothing could live.CM
  • If it were not for water, no creature could live.AlanF_US
  • If it were not for water, no one could live on earth.CK
  • You are, so to speak, a fish out of water.CK
  • If it were not for water, humans could not survive.kuma
  • Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn't hold water.Zifre
  • If it were not for water, we could not live.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of water

as a noun

plural
waters

as a verb

past tense
watered
present participle
watering
third-person singular
waters
past participle
watered