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• WATER (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
H2O; water
Hypernyms ("water" is a kind of...):
binary compound (chemical compound composed of only two elements)
liquid (a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)
Meronyms (substance of "water"):
atomic number 8; O; oxygen (a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust)
atomic number 1; H; hydrogen (a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water"):
meltwater (melted snow or ice)
hard water (water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap)
ground water; spring water; well water (underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks)
holy water (water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification)
distilled water (water that has been purified by distillation)
dishwater (water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed)
brine; saltwater; seawater (water containing salts)
bath water (water used for a bath)
fresh water; freshwater (water that is not salty)
slush (partially melted snow)
soft water (water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap))
tap water (water directly from the spigot)
bilge; bilge water (water accumulated in the bilge of a ship)
water of crystallisation; water of crystallization; water of hydration (the water present in hydrated compounds)
limewater (solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid)
Holonyms ("water" is a substance of...):
ice; water ice (water frozen in the solid state)
tear; teardrop (a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands)
perspiration; sudor; sweat (salty fluid secreted by sweat glands)
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
flake; snowflake (a crystal of snow)
diamond dust; frost mist; frost snow; ice crystal; ice needle; poudrin; snow mist (small crystals of ice)
dewdrop (a drop of dew)
Meaning:
The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
body of water; water
Context examples:
they invaded our territorial waters / they were sitting by the water's edge
Hypernyms ("water" is a kind of...):
thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
Meronyms (substance of "water"):
H2O; water (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)
Domain category:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water"):
sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
pool; puddle (a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid)
polynya (a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas))
offing (the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area)
ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
seven seas (an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world)
shallow; shoal (a stretch of shallow water)
sound (a large ocean inlet or deep bay)
stream; watercourse (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)
territorial waters (the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction)
falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)
waterway (a navigable body of water)
mid-water (the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom)
briny; main (any very large body of (salt) water)
bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)
drink (any large deep body of water)
estuary (the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix)
flowage (a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area)
crossing; ford (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)
gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)
high sea; international waters (the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation)
backwater (a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam)
inlet; recess (an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands))
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)
Holonyms ("water" is a part of...):
Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)
hydrosphere (the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor)
Meaning:
A facility that provides a source of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
water supply; water system; water
Context examples:
the town debated the purification of the water supply / first you have to cut off the water
Hypernyms ("water" is a kind of...):
facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)
Meronyms (parts of "water"):
artificial lake; reservoir (lake used to store water for community use)
water main (main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water)
Holonyms ("water" is a part of...):
base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)
Meaning:
Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("water" is a kind of...):
element (one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Meaning:
Liquid excretory product
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
weewee; urine; piss; piddle; pee; water
Context examples:
there was blood in his urine / the child had to make water
Hypernyms ("water" is a kind of...):
body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)
Meaning:
A fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Context example:
he asked for a drink of water
Hypernyms ("water" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water"):
branch water (pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water)
spring water (water from a spring)
drinking water (water suitable for drinking)
• WATER (verb)
Meaning:
Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
irrigate; water
Context example:
Water the fields
Hypernyms (to "water" is one way to...):
wet (cause to become wet)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "water"):
hose; hose down (water with a hose)
flush (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water)
hush (run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Provide with water
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
We watered the buffalo
Hypernyms (to "water" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context examples:
My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner / His eyes watered
Hypernyms (to "water" is one way to...):
release; secrete (generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Fill with tears
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
His eyes were watering
Hypernyms (to "water" is one way to...):
fill; fill up (become full)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
