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Definition of 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
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" once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" fill with tears; "His eyes were watering" |