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- pronunciation:
- waw
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Water is the liquid in rivers, oceans, and lakes. All people, animals, and plants need water to live. People drink water and use it for washing and swimming and many other things. Water comes into our houses through pipes.
I jumped in the pond and got water up my nose.The water in oceans is salty.
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| definition 2: |
A drink or clear liquid that is mostly water is sometimes called a type of water.
The restaurant serves both soda water and mineral water. |
| related words: |
bath, fluid, moisture |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
waters, watering, watered |
| definition 1: |
When you water something, you give it water by pouring the water over it or around it.
My grandmother waters her plants three times a week.
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| definition 2: |
When you water animals, you give them water to drink.
The cowboys stopped at the stream to water their horses. |
| definition 3: |
When your mouth or your eyes water, they produce liquid.
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.The food looked so delicious that the man's mouth watered. |
| related words: |
sprinkle, wet |
| derivations: |
waterlike (adj.), waterer (n.) |
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elements in water |
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hydrogen, oxygen |
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means of transportation on water |
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barge, boat, ferry, passage, ship, submarine |
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some actions involving water |
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absorb, boil, dam, dehydrate, drown, float, hose, launch, pour, shower, soak, splash, spray, squirt, wade |
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some actions of moving water |
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drift, drip, flush, leak, wave |
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some areas of flowing water |
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brook, channel, creek, river, stream, tributary, waterfall, waterway |
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some bodies of water |
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bay, lake, moat, ocean, pond, puddle, sea, swamp |
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some kinds of water |
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freshwater, saltwater |
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some natural processes involving water |
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condensation, erode, evaporation, flood, precipitation, purification, rust, tide |
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some states of water |
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fog, hail, ice, liquid, rain, sleet, snow, steam, vapor |
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some things that contain water |
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basin, bottle, bowl, cup, fountain, glass, kettle, pail, pool, sewer, sink, tub |
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some things that live in water |
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amphibian, beaver, crustacean, fish, lotus, otter, seal, turtle, water lily |
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some uses for water |
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bathing, boating, cleaning, cooking, fishing, irrigating, rafting, rinsing, sailing, washing |
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things that control the flow of water |
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aqueduct, dam, ditch, faucet, pipe |
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units for measuring water |
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degree, feet, meter |
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