Meaning

(uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
2. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
3. (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
4. (poetic, archaic or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
5. A combination of water and other substance(s).
6. (business, often attributive) The water supply, as a service or utility.
7. (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
8. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.

Example Sentences

By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.

It is wholly out of the power of language to convey any idea of the blissful enjoyment of obtaining water, after an almost total want of it, during eight and forty hours, in the scorching regions of an Arabian desert, in the month of July.

Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.

The president expressed hope that creating rain over waters between the countries would help reduce pollution.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

The boat was found within the territorial waters.

These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.

Word Forms

• waters
• wahter
• wahtuh
• watering
• watered

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