water

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) A clear liquid having the chemical formula H2O, required by all forms of life on Earth.
  2. Noun.  (context, sometimes) Mineral water.
  3. Noun.  (countable, often in plural) Spa water.
  4. Noun.  (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
  5. Noun.  (context, India and Japan, Wicca) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  6. Noun.  (context, in the plural) A sea belonging to particular country.
  7. Noun.  (context, in the plural) Any body of water, such as a river or a lake.
  8. Noun.  (countable) A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
  9. Noun.  Urine. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
  10. Noun.  (UK, in the plural) amniotic fluid.
  11. Noun.  (North America, in singular) Amniotic fluid.
  12. Noun.  (figuratively, in the plural) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
  13. Noun.  (countable) A serving of water.
  14. Noun.  (rfd-sense, fragment water 2) (uncountable) Tap water, or well/pump water, as opposed to bottled water.
  15. Noun.  (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
  16. Noun.  (uncountable, dated) Excess valuation of securities.
  17. Verb.  (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
  18. Verb.  (transitive) To provide (animals) with water.
  19. Verb.  (transitive, colloquial) To urinate.
  20. Verb.  (transitive) To dilute.
  21. Verb.  (transitive, dated) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
  22. Verb.  (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.

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