Dictionary Entry
water
water is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
- 2noun
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
- 3noun
Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
- 4noun
A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
- 5noun
The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
- 6noun
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
- 7transitive verb
An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."
- 8transitive verb
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
- 9transitive verb
To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
- 10transitive verb
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
- 11noun
To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
- 12intransitive verb
To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
- 13intransitive verb
To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
- 14noun
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"
- 15noun
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
"he asked for a drink of water"
- 16noun
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"
- 17noun
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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- 18noun
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- 19noun
liquid excretory product
"there was blood in his urine"
"the child had to make water"
- 20verb
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
"My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"
"His eyes watered"
- 21verb
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
"Water the fields"
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- 22verb
fill with tears
"His eyes were watering"
- 23verb
provide with water
"We watered the buffalo"
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