Water

  • 1Water — Wa ter (w[add] t[ e]r), n. [AS. w[ae]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[=o], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. y dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Water — Wa ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Watering}.] [AS. w[ae]terian, gew[ae]terian.] [1913 Webster] 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. [1913… …

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  • 3Water — Wa ter, v. i. 1. To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water. [1913 Webster] If thine eyes can water for his death. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.… …

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  • 4water — / vater/ s.m. [abbrev. di water closet ]. [vaso di maiolica e relativo sciacquone collocati nella stanza da bagno] ▶◀ (pop.) cesso, gabinetto, tazza, vaso, water closet …

    Enciclopedia Italiana

  • 5water — wa‧ter [ˈwɔːtə ǁ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː ] verb water something → down phrasal verb [transitive] to make a suggestion, rule, or proposal less forceful by removing some parts of it: • A late amendment watered down the insider trading penalties to a £100,000 …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6water — BALAST [pr.: uótăr balast] n. Tanc conţinând lestul lichid al unei nave şi fiind plasat în fundul dublu al acesteia. /<fr., engl. water balast Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX …

    Dicționar Român

  • 7wáter — wáter, water closet → váter …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • 8water — (на шинах) – шины, предназначенные для эксплуатации в условиях воды. EdwART. Словарь автомобильного жаргона, 2009 …

    Автомобильный словарь

  • 9water — index dilute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 10Water — This article is about general aspects of water. For a detailed discussion of its properties, see Properties of water. For other uses, see Water (disambiguation) …

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