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Waters

noun

1.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977). Synonym: Ethel Waters.

2.

The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion. Synonyms: amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid.

Water

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.

2.

The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). Synonym: body of water. "They were sitting by the water's edge"

3.

Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles).

4.

A facility that provides a source of water. Synonyms: water supply, water system. "First you have to cut off the water"

5.

Liquid excretory product. Synonyms: pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee. "The child had to make water"

6.

A liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants.

verb

(past & past part. watered; pres. part. watering)

1.

Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. Synonym: irrigate.

2.

Provide with water.

3.

Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva. "His eyes watered"

4.

Fill with tears.

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"Waters" Quotes from Famous Books

... water circulating through the solid earth is shown by the calculations of the committee on the underground waters of the Permian and New ...

— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various

... Dion had quite forgotten his Rosamund. She was in England, but he was in Stamboul, hearing the waters of the Bosporus lapping at the foot of Mrs. Clarke's garden pavilion, while Dumeny played to her as the moon came up to shine upon the sweet waters of Asia; or sitting under the plane trees of the Pigeon Mosque, while Hadi Bey showed her how to write an Arabic love-letter—to somebody ...

— In the Wilderness • Robert Hichens

... for thee then,' Margot said, 'for in all the twenty hours no man hath sought thee here.' She had the heavy immobility of an elemental force. No fright could move her till she saw the cause for fright. 'I will fetch thee a dram of strong waters.' ...

— The Fifth Queen • Ford Madox Ford

... no light on the face of the troubled waters. Looking around her at other lives, she saw the story written in different characters, but always the same; hope, struggle, failure. The pathos of old age wrung her heart; the sorrows of the poor, the lonely, the illusions of ...

— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird

... a certain point the contrast became unbearable. The workmen, with a shout of fury, made a sudden rush upon that hateful new banner of St. Godard, tore it from the standard-bearer's hands, and threw it in the muddy waters of the boundary-stream. How the two processions got home after that you may imagine for yourself. It says much for the control of the respective clergy that there were no open blows at once. But that night ...

— The Story of Rouen • Sir Theodore Andrea Cook

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