Definition of Water

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(v. t.)
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
  

(v. t.)
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
  

(v. t.)
To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
  

(v. t.)
An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."
  

(v. i.)
To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
  

(v. i.)
To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.
  

(n.)
To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
  

(n.)
The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
  

(n.)
The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
  

(n.)
Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
  

(n.)
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
  

(n.)
A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
  

(n.)
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
  

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water
avens n : erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and few nodding flowers with brown-purple calyx and orange-pink petals [syn: indian chocolate, purple avens , chocolate root, geum rivale]

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 white water 
 water hazard 
 water chinquapin 
 water thyme 
 water-white 
 between wind and water 
 water-washed 
 water thrush 
 water hen 
 water hole 
 water cress 
 water measure 
 water bed 
 water thief 
 water-wash 
 hungary water 
 water tower 
 water bug 
 water sapphire 
 to hold water 
 water torch 
 water spinner 
 treacle water 
 water tiger 
 water bearer 
 spring water 
 water down 
 water line 
 quicksilver water 
 angel water 
 water trefoil 
 hold water 
 load water line 
 water orchid 
 water tree 
 water deer 
 water right 
 in hot water 
 water thermometer 
 water mint 
 water travel 
 water souchet 
 soda water 
 water sport 
 water mill 
 pass water 
 water tu twist 
 water of separation 
 water hemp 
 water sail 
 water gum 
 water bears 
 water tu tuyegravere 
 well water 

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 water dropwort 
 cologne water 
 water conservation 
 water plant 
 water faucet 
 water hammer 
 water chestnut plant 
 water-target 
 come hell or high water 
 take in water 
 water chute 
 water cooler 
 water of crystallization 
 water-standing 
 congress water 
 water radish 
 water heater 
 water gilding 
 water beetle 
 water pennywort 

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 water lettuce 
 quick water 
 inch of water 
 water tick 
 water crake 
 water rattler 
 water chestnut 
 water beech 
 water pimpernel 
 water ouzel 
 take water 
 water adder 
 water cement 
 water eagle 
 gum water 
 salt water 
 water lily 
 water tender 
 water-soak 
 water newt 
 water meadow 
 water lemon 
 water scooter 
 barley water 
 water ousel 
 horizontal water wheel 
 water cell 
 water feather 
 salt-water tailor 
 water qualm 
 water soldier 
 water mat 
 salt-water sailor 
 water skater 
 water celery 
 water jump 
 water souchy 
 water bailiff 
 deep-water sculpin 
 water plantain 
 water chicken 
 water elder 
 water craft 
 salt-water trout 
 water chevrotain 
 water deck 
 water laverock 
 water of hydration 
 water-tight 
 water breather 
 laurel water 
 water ram 
 water program 

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 high-water mark 
 water cock 
 ice water 
 water bellows 
 water pox 
 water oak 
 water opossum 
 water cannon 
 to cast the water 
 water dock 
 yellow water lily 
 water jacket 
 water battery 
 tail-water 
 water-shield family 
 water pipe 
 tonic water 
 under water 
 black water shrew 
 water power 
 water company 
 lithia water 
 water canker 
 irish water spaniel 
 water-shield 
 water buffalo 
 hard water 
 water rice 
 vichy water 
 water lizard 
 water table 
 water leg 
 carbonated water 
 water spaniel 
 water ballast 
 lavender water 
 water nymph 
 water cavy 
 water on the knee 
 water purslane 
 low-water mark 
 water hickory 
 water pump 
 water skin 
 mineral water 
 water cart 
 rough water 
 water-soluble vitamin 
 yellow water flag 
 water project 
 water-soluble 
 water carriage 

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 water mouse 
 water gage 
 low water 
 water antelope 
 water bouget 
 water snake 
 water gun 
 water-ret 
 water buck 
 water furrow 
 water gas 
 water jug 
 water strider 
 water gap 
 water agrimony 
 water motor 
 water cure 
 water rattle 
 water sparrow 
 water gang 
 water tap 
 water snail 
 water system 
 water germander 
 water gavel 
 water on the brain 
 water closet 
 water horehound 
 water bridge 
 water rate 
 water gauge 
 water birch 
 water elephant 
 water-resistant 
 water oat 
 water scorpion 
 water gate 
 water glass 
 water telescope 
 water drain 
 water lime 
 water-skiing 
 to make water 
 feed water 
 water rocket 
 water tank 
 water pistol 
 water crowfoot 
 break water 
 water locust tree 
 high-water shrub 
 water clock 
 water joint 
 water gillyflower 

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 fresh-water eelgrass 
 water-laid rope 
 water speedwell 
 water brain 
 water flaxseed 
 water flannel 
 water-laid 
 water-milfoil family 
 water dragon 
 water frame 
 water buttercup 
 water-logged 
 water fox 
 slack-water navigation 
 water dressing 
 water fountain 
 water-line model 
 water robin 
 red water 
 water-repellent 
 water ordeal 
 rice-water discharge 
 water-rate 
 rose water 
 make water 
 making water 
 water carpet 
 water parsnip 
 water barometer 
 water murrain 
 water sprite 
 water-plantain family 
 water aloe 
 rose-water 
 water pheasant 
 water flounder 
 water grass 
 water deerlet 
 water devil 
 water god 
 water boy 
 water supply 
 ammoniacal water 
 water hemlock 
 water drainage 
 water gall 
 toilet water 
 water privilege 
 water-rot 
 water bear 
 low water mark 
 water ox 

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 water clover 
 water ice 
 water wings 
 water feather-foil 
 water of jealousy 
 water course 
 water-bearer 
 water flag 
 water bird 
 water back 
 water pollution 
 water shrew 
 to make foul water 
 water-base paint 
 water meter 
 ground water 
 water finder 
 water rat 
 water cabbage 
 water blister 
 water yam 
 water on the chest 
 water hyacinth 
 water horsetail 
 water mole 
 water-colorist 
 water rabbit 
 to back water 
 clary water 
 water-closet 
 water tabby 
 water softener 
 water color 
 water-bound 
 water measurer 
 water arum 
 water filter 
 water-furrow 
 white-water 
 rice water 
 draw-water 
 water-cooled reactor 
 water main 
 water brash 
 water-cooled 
 great water crowfoot 
 water piet 
 water development 
 water flea 
 water-lily family 
 water avens 
 water lobelia 

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 dragon water 
 water pocket 
 water junket 
 rain water 
 water crane 
 water waggon 
 mother water 
 water poa 
 water butt 
 water dog 
 water ski 
 water doctor 
 water vole 
 water plate 
 water viper 
 water star grass 
 water engine 
 water wheel 
 water partridge 
 water mite 
 water pore 
 fire water 
 water way 
 water elm 
 slack water 
 water wagtail 
 soft water 
 water bath 
 water caltrop 
 water mips 
 water wagon 
 water wing 
 napha water 
 water willow 
 water fern 
 water bottle 
 blue water 
 bilge water 
 water starwort 
 water white oak 
 high water 
 apollinaris water 
 water monkey 
 wild water lemon 
 quinine water 
 water screw 
 water boatman 
 to keep one`s head above water 
 water pig 
 water wraith 
 water fennel 
 water monitor 
 water witch 
 water polo 

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 fragrant water lily 
 water trumpet 
 treading water 
 water milfoil 
 water bitternut 
 water turkey 
 dead water 
 water pitcher 
 water crow 
 water hog 
 water pepper 
 water tupelo 
 tap water 
 water locust 
 ribbon-leaved water plantain 
 water parting 
 water tube 
 egyptian water lily 
 water mold 
 water vapour 
 water chickweed 
 to water stock 
 water gruel 
 water vapor 
 ziment-water 
 holy water 
 water hare 
 tide water 
 water moccasin 
 water can 
 water under the bridge 
 blow out of the water 
 sparkling water 
 water violet 
 sewer water 
 gas water 
 water shield 
 water pillar 
 water level 
 water biscuit 
 water vine 
 water poise 
 water blackbird 
 tar water 
 water rail 
 water of purification 
 water spider 
 water shamrock 
 holy-water stoup 
 passing water 
 water vascular system 
 water inch 

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Meaning
So it is, but this proverb hasn't to do with scientific measure of viscosity. The expression, meaning that family can be relied on better then friends.
Origin
Dates back to 1672.

Meaning
The discernable distance between the ideologies of two political parties.
Origin
First used either by or about the British Conservative Party and their opponents in the early 1990s.

Meaning
Persevere no matter what difficulties are encountered.
Origin
Appears to be a 20th century version of the earlier 'between the Devil and the deep blue sea'.

Meaning
Of the highest quality.
Origin
From the gem trade. The clarity of diamonds is assessed by their translucence. The more like water, the higher the quality.

Origin
From Shakespeare's Henry VIII

Meaning
Attempt to calm a problematic situation.
Origin
From the property of oil of flattening out the ripples on water when it spreads over it very thinly.

Origin
From Shakespeare's Henry VI. Part II.

(Old Irish) uisce m., (Scot.) uisge [oosh ga] ('whiskey' is from this word derivated)

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Aber = n. m. the fall of one river into another, or into the sea, a confluence of water

Cwtiar = n. a coot, a water rail

Dulyn = n. black water; melancholy; Dublin

Dwfr = n. water

Dwr = n. a fluid; water

Dyddyfru = v. to water

Dyfrlan = n. water brink

Dyfru = v. to water

Glasdwr = n. milk and water

Gorddwfr = n. a water brink

Gwy = n. fluid, liquid, water

Heli = n. brine, salt water

Hoewal = n. the play of water around anything, a whirl

Lefiathan = n. leviathan; a water animal

Llaig = n. a bubble on water

Marwddwfr = n. a dead water

Marwlanw = n. turn of a tide, high water

Merddwfr = n. stagnant water

Merlys = n. a water plant

Moryd = n. inlet of sea water

Mynedwy = n. running water

Sefydlyn = n. stagnant water

rugs water dogs, a kind of poodle

not very usefull

hopeless driver

hopeless car driver

uncomfortable

lose courage

have lots of spare tyres, i.e. rolls of fat; be fat

in trouble

sweet soft drink

tall

not to have full intelligence; be stupid or moronic

daughter

extremely cold water (so called since it tightens the nuts)

sexual activities involving urination

to go to urinate

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Noun
1. 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
(synonym) H2O
(hypernym) binary compound
(hyponym) tap water
(substance-holonym) tear, teardrop
(substance-meronym) hydrogen, H, atomic number 1
2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
(synonym) body of water
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) backwater
(part-holonym) hydrosphere
(substance-meronym) H2O
(classification) river
3. facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water"
(synonym) water system, water supply
(hypernym) facility, installation
(part-holonym) infrastructure, base
(part-meronym) reservoir, artificial lake
4. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
(hypernym) element
(classification) archaism, archaicism
5. liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
(synonym) urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee
(hypernym) body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product
6. a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(hyponym) branch water

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Verb
1. supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
(synonym) irrigate
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) hose, hose down
(derivation) H2O
2. provide with water; "We watered the buffalo"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) H2O
3. secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered"
(hypernym) secrete, release
4. fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"
(hypernym) fill, fill up
(derivation) lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering

See also Waterway.

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Fear of drinking

Fear of water

Fear of fish

Fear of ice or frost

Fear of rivers or running water

Fear of Cold water

To dream of clear water, foretells that you will joyfully realize prosperity and pleasure.

If the water is muddy, you will be in danger and gloom will occupy Pleasure's seat.

If you see it rise up in your house, denotes that you will struggle to resist evil, but unless you see it subside, you will succumb to dangerous influences.

If you find yourself baling it out, but with feet growing wet, foreshadows trouble, sickness, and misery will work you a hard task, but you will forestall them by your watchfulness. The same may be applied to muddy water rising in vessels.

To fall into muddy water, is a sign that you will make many bitter mistakes, and will suffer poignant grief therefrom.

To drink muddy water, portends sickness, but drinking it clear and refreshing brings favorable consummation of fair hopes.

To sport with water, denotes a sudden awakening to love and passion.

To have it sprayed on your head, denotes that your passionate awakening to love will meet reciprocal consummation.

The following dream and its allegorical occurrence in actual life is related by a young woman student of dreams:

``Without knowing how, I was (in my dream) on a boat, I waded through clear blue water to a wharfboat, which I found to be snow white, but rough and splintry. The next evening I had a delightful male caller, but he remained beyond the time prescribed by mothers and I was severely censured for it.'' The blue water and fairy white boat were the disappointing prospects in the symbol.
  

Spirituality (more) ; Dirty or polluted: circulatory system

(H₂O) A colorless, tasteless liquid with some very peculiar properties that stem from the bent H-O-H structure of its molecules.

Table (Ground): The upper limit in the soil or underlying material permanently saturated with water.

Refers to the chemical compound, H2O, as well as its liquid form. At atmospheric temperatures and pressures, it can exist in all three phases: solid (ice), liquid (water), and gaseous (water vapor). It is a vital, life-sustaining part of life on earth.

A tasteless, odorless, colorless liquid in its pure state.

CEMENT RATIO - The strength of a concrete mixture depends on the water cement ratio. The water and cement form a paste. If the paste is made with more water, k becomes weaker. Traditionally, concrete mixes have been identified in terms of the ratio of cement to fine aggregate to coarse aggregate. For example, the ratio 1:2:4 refers to a mix which consists of 1 cu. ft. of cement, 2 cu. ft. of sand and 4 cu. ft. of gravel. Cement and water are the two chemically active elements in concrete and when combined form a paste or glue which coats and surrounds the particles of aggregate and upon hardening binds the entire mass together.

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The whisky result of the distillate made from the elements of cereals, water and yeast.
The quality of the water is very important, the natural elements of the water, in some zones, certainly have nice, good and mysterious effect on the flavor and smell of the final whisky.
Most distilleries have access to water that passes up through limestone and granite and comes from lakes (lochs), rivers, burns and wells, principally.
The terms "whisky or whiskey" derive from Gaelic meaning "Water of Life"

Crinan Canal Water, Blended Scotch Whisky

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The water used to brew tea should be carefully considered. Water imparts many of its qualities to the finished cup of tea. Bad water will make a bad cup, no matter how good the tea. Tap, bottled, and filtered waters are all different. Bottled water doesn’t have to come from a mountain spring. It can be nothing more than city tap water in a fancy package. There are many types of filters - some are excellent and others useless. People often find tea tastes different elsewhere than it does at home. Water is usually the culprit. In the past, tea merchants blended their tea to accommodate the water of a particular city. We provide only true teas, no blends. The brew is in your hands. We encourage you to experiment with filtered water and bottled water to find those you like best. And remember for great tea, don’t re-boil water as much of the oxygen will disappear, resulting in a flat brew. Do not use boiling water when brewing white or green tea. Over-heated water will cook the leaves and destroy their flavor.
At the In Pursuit of Tea offices, we make our teas from Brooklyn tap water filtered through a Brita water filter. We often do taste tests with bottled waters and will be bringing you our thoughts on which we like best. NRDC (National Resource Defense Council) published an interesting article on bottled waters in the most recent edition of Amicus (Summer 1999). Many bottled waters are less pure than you might think!

Suggested Temperatures:
White or Green tea: 170-185 F
Black tea: Near boiling
Oolong: 180-212 F
Pu-erh: full, rolling boil

(1) To pour or sprinkle on, make wet. (2) To dilute or weaken by adding water. (3) To irrigate land. (4) To take on a supply of water, as a ship. (5) To drink water, as an animal. (6) Any of various forms of water, for example, fresh water, waste water, etc.; often waters, as naturally occurring mineral water, such as those at a spa. (7) A body of water such as a sea, lake, river, or stream; waters, as a particular stretch of sea or ocean, especially that of a state or country, for example, U.S. waters.

The liquid that descends from the clouds in rain and which forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter. Pure water consists of Hydrogen (11.188 percent by weight) and Oxygen (88.812 percent by weight) in the proportion of two atoms of hydrogen to one of oxygen (H2O), and is an odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid which is very slightly compressible. It has a slightly blue color which is observable only in thick layers of the liquid. At its maximum density, 39.2°F (or 4°C), it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. Water's weight per gallon (at 15°C or 59°F) is 8.337 pounds (3.772 kilograms). It is also the standard for specific heats. Its own specific heat is very great. It freezes at 32°F (0°C) and boils at 212°F (100°C) under atmospheric pressure at sea level. Pure water is an extremely poor conductor of electric current, although many Aqueous (water-based) solutions are conductors. Water is the most important of solvents, dissolving many gases, liquids, and solids. Natural waters of the earth, as those of springs, rivers, or the oceans, contain more or less dissolved matter, which is mostly removed by distillation. Rain water is nearly pure. Water is important chemically as a solvent and dissociating agent, as a catalytic agent, and often as one of the substances taking part in a chemical reaction. Ordinary water, described above, is a mixture of molecules containing hydrogen of atomic weight 1, with a small proportion (about 0.015 per cent) of molecules containing hydrogen of atomic weight 2. This later kind of water, termed Heavy Water or Deuterium Oxide, D2O, can be separated by fractional electrolysis or distillation and in other ways and is used as a moderator in certain nuclear reactors.

masu; mashau

n. bIQ

Water A primary cosmic element with almost innumerable manifestations, corresponding to the Hindu apas tattva and to the akasic waters of space. Its most fundamental meaning is that of space or akasa, the great mother of all, the feminine receptive principle over and in which broods the fire of spirit. "The first principle of things, according to Thales and other ancient philosophers. Of course this is not water on the material plane, but in a figurative sense for the potential fluid contained in boundless space. This was symbolized in ancient Egypt by Kneph, the 'unrevealed' god, who was represented as the serpent -- the emblem of eternity -- encircling a water-urn, with his head hovering over the waters, which he incubates with his breath. 'And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.' (Gen. i). The honey-dew, the food of the gods and of the creative bees on the Yggdrasil, falls during the night upon the tree of life from the 'divine waters, the birth-place of the gods.' Alchemists claim that when pre-Adamic earth is reduced by the Alkahest to its first substance, it is like clear water. The Alkahest is 'the one and the invisible, the water, the first principle, in the second transformation' " (TG 368).
Water corresponds with soul, representing the middle world between spirit or fire on the one hand, and matter or earth on the other. It corresponds to the astral plane as compared with the physical; and here we see its quality of instability, mobility, having no fixed shape but adapting itself to other shapes, dissolving solid bodies and re-precipitating them. It corresponds to the psychomental nature as contrasted with the spiritual and the physical, and to the liquid state of physical matter, though in this sense it is the water subdivision of the earth element. Water and fire are necessary elements of life, as are their correspondences the moon and sun.

Touch the mouth with the index finger of the right 'W' hand a few times.