[1] "You know the other morning, when you and Jack and I bathed before breakfast, you got stung on your arm by a jellyfish, and the water then was unruffled."
1. subst. A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gas
By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.
2. subst. (in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.
May I have a glass of water?
Your plants need more water.
3. subst. A serving of liquid water.
4. subst. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
5. subst. (or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
The boat was found within the territorial waters.
These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.
6. subst. (poetic, archaic, or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river.
7. subst. A combination of water and other substance(s).
8. subst. (sometimes ) Mineral water.
Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
9. subst. (often, in the plural) Spa water.
Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
10. subst. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
ammonia water
11. subst. Urine.
12. subst. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. (North America)
Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. (North America)
Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. (UK)
13. subst. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
He suffers from water on the knee.
14. subst. (figuratively, in the or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm.
15. subst. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters.
16. subst. (dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
17. subst. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent
18. subst. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
19. v. To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
20. v. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
21. v. To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
I need to go water the cattle.
22. v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
The ship put into port to water.
23. v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
24. v. To dilute.
Can you water the whisky, please?
25. v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
26. v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
27. v. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
to water silk
mineral water
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Mineralwasser
mineral water
1. subst. Water, containing dissolved minerals, which has been treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) before being bottled; used either therapeutically or out of preference.
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