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Sounds | wao'ter |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | 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. |
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Synonyms | H2O |
Narrower | tap water; bath water; dishwater; distilled water; holy water; ground water, spring water, well water; hard water; limewater; meltwater; seawater, saltwater, brine; fresh water; slush; soft water; bilge, bilge water; water of crystallization, water of crystallisation, water of hydration |
Broader | binary compound; liquid |
Substance of | tear, teardrop; perspiration, sweat, sudor; body of water, water; snowflake, flake; ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist; dewdrop; ice, water ice |
Substances | hydrogen, H, atomic number 1; oxygen, O, atomic number 8 |
Adjectives | aqueous; hydraulic; aquatic |
Verbs | water; water |
Meaning | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). |
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Examples | "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
Synonyms | body of water |
Category | lake; ocean; river |
Part of | hydrosphere; surface, Earth's surface |
Narrower | backwater; bay; channel; drink; estuary; flowage; ford, crossing; gulf; high sea, international waters; inlet, recess; lake; main, briny; mid-water; ocean; offing; pool, puddle; sea; seven seas; shoal, shallow; sound; stream, watercourse; territorial waters; waterfall, falls; waterway |
Broader | thing |
Substances | water, H2O |
Meaning | Facility that provides a source of water. |
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Examples | "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" |
Synonyms | water system, water supply |
Part of | infrastructure, base |
Parts | reservoir, artificial lake; water main |
Broader | facility, installation |
Meaning | Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles). |
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Broader | element |
Usage | archaism, archaicism |
Meaning | Liquid excretory product. |
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Examples | "the child had to make water" |
Synonyms | urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee |
Broader | body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product |
Meaning | A fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants. |
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Examples | "he asked for a drink of water" |
Narrower | branch water; spring water; drinking water |
Broader | food, nutrient |
Meaning | Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Water the fields" |
Synonyms | irrigate |
Narrower | hose, hose down; flush; hush |
Broader | wet |
Nouns | water; watering; waterer |
Meaning | Provide with water. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "We watered the buffalo" |
Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish |
Nouns | water; waterer; waterer |
Meaning | Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" |
Broader | secrete, release |
Meaning | Fill with tears. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "His eyes were watering" |
Broader | fill, fill up |
Nouns | watering |