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