water
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(verb) secrete or form water, as tears or saliva: "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" |
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Related Words: release, secrete |
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(verb) pour water on; "Water the lawn" |
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Synonyms: irrigate |
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Related Words: hose, hose down, hush, syringe, wet |
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(verb) fill with tears; "His eyes were watering" |
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Related Words: fill, fill up |
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(verb) provide with water: "We watered the buffalo" |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(noun) a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; "he asked for a drink of water" |
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Synonyms: H2O |
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Related Words: bath water, bilge, bilge water, brine, dishwater, distilled water, drinking water, fresh water, ground water, hard water, holy water, limewater, liquid, saltwater, seawater, slush, soft water, spring water, tap water, water of crystallization, water of hydration, well water |
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(noun) (archaic) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe |
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Related Words: element |
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(noun) the part of the earth's surface covered with water; "they invaded our territorial waters" |
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Synonyms: body of water |
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Related Words: bay, briny, cascade, cataract, channel, cove, crossing, deep, drink, estuary, falls, ford, gulf, high sea, inlet, lake, main, mid-water, object, ocean, oceanic abyss, offing, physical object, pool, puddle, recess, sea, seven seas, shallow, shoal, sound, stream, territorial water, watercourse, waterfall, waterway |
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(noun) source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" |
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Synonyms: water supply, water system |
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Related Words: facility, installation |
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(noun) saline fluid secreted by lacrimal_glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball |
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Synonyms: lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion |
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Related Words: secretion |
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(noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow" |
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Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudor, sweat |
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Related Words: secretion |
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(noun) liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" |
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Synonyms: pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee |
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Related Words: body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product |
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