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water

('w/O/t/@/r )

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(noun.substance)

Synonym:
h2o

source: wordnet30
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)(noun.object)

Example:
They invaded our territorial waters.
They were sitting by the water's edge.

Synonym:
body of water

source: wordnet30
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)(noun.substance)

Synonym:
air, earth, fire

source: wordnet30
a facility that provides a source of water(noun.artifact)

Example:
The town debated the purification of the water supply.
First you have to cut off the water.

Synonym:
water supply, water system

source: wordnet30
liquid excretory product(noun.substance)

Example:
The child had to make water.

Synonym:
pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee

source: wordnet30
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants(noun.food)

Example:
He asked for a drink of water.

source: wordnet30
The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams(verb.change)

Example:
Water the fields.

Synonym:
irrigate

source: wordnet30
provide with water(verb.possession)

Example:
We watered the buffalo.

source: wordnet30
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva(verb.body)

Example:
My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner.
His eyes watered.

source: wordnet30
fill with tears(verb.change)

Example:
His eyes were watering.

source: wordnet30
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.(verb)

source: webster1913
To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.(verb)

source: webster1913