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water |
water |
Present |
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I water |
you water |
he/she/it waters |
we water |
you water |
they water |
Preterite |
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I watered |
you watered |
he/she/it watered |
we watered |
you watered |
they watered |
Present Continuous |
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I am watering |
you are watering |
he/she/it is watering |
we are watering |
you are watering |
they are watering |
Present Perfect |
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I have watered |
you have watered |
he/she/it has watered |
we have watered |
you have watered |
they have watered |
Past Continuous |
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I was watering |
you were watering |
he/she/it was watering |
we were watering |
you were watering |
they were watering |
Past Perfect |
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I had watered |
you had watered |
he/she/it had watered |
we had watered |
you had watered |
they had watered |
Future |
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I will water |
you will water |
he/she/it will water |
we will water |
you will water |
they will water |
Future Perfect |
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I will have watered |
you will have watered |
he/she/it will have watered |
we will have watered |
you will have watered |
they will have watered |
Future Continuous |
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I will be watering |
you will be watering |
he/she/it will be watering |
we will be watering |
you will be watering |
they will be watering |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been watering |
you have been watering |
he/she/it has been watering |
we have been watering |
you have been watering |
they have been watering |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been watering |
you will have been watering |
he/she/it will have been watering |
we will have been watering |
you will have been watering |
they will have been watering |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been watering |
you had been watering |
he/she/it had been watering |
we had been watering |
you had been watering |
they had been watering |
Conditional |
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I would water |
you would water |
he/she/it would water |
we would water |
you would water |
they would water |
Past Conditional |
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I would have watered |
you would have watered |
he/she/it would have watered |
we would have watered |
you would have watered |
they would have watered |
Noun | 1. | 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 tear, teardrop - a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; 'his story brought tears to her eyes' perspiration, sudor, sweat - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; 'sweat poured off his brow' body of water, water - 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' diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist - small crystals of ice binary compound - chemical compound composed of only two elements atomic number 1, H, hydrogen - a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe atomic number 8, O, oxygen - a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust dishwater - water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed distilled water - water that has been purified by distillation holy water - water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification ground water, spring water, well water - underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks hard water - water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; 'Americans like ice in their drinks' limewater - solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid liquid - fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume brine, saltwater, seawater - water containing salts; 'the water in the ocean is all saltwater' slush - partially melted snow soft water - water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap) bilge, bilge water - water accumulated in the bilge of a ship water of crystallisation, water of crystallization, water of hydration - the water present in hydrated compounds |
2. | water - 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' thing - a separate and self-contained entity backwater - a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; 'the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos' bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; 'the ship went aground in the channel' drink - any large deep body of water; 'he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued' estuary - the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix flowage - a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area; 'many campsites were located near the flowage' crossing, ford - a shallow area in a stream that can be forded gulf - an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay high sea, international waters - the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation hydrosphere - the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor inlet, recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land mid-water - the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom; 'many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters' ocean - a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere offing - the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; 'there was a ship in the offing' polynya - a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) puddle, pool - a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; 'there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain'; 'the body lay in a pool of blood' river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); 'the river was navigable for 50 miles' sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land seven seas - an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world; 'the old salt had sailed the seven seas' sound - a large ocean inlet or deep bay; 'the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast' stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth Earth's surface, surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; 'earthquakes originate far below the surface'; 'three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water' territorial waters - the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction waterfall, falls - a steep descent of the water of a river H2O, 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 | |
3. | water - once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression element - one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; 'the alchemists believed that there were four elements' | |
4. | water - 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' facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; 'the assembly plant is an enormous facility' infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; 'the industrial base of Japan' artificial lake, man-made lake, reservoir - lake used to store water for community use water main - main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water | |
5. | water - liquid excretory product; 'there was blood in his urine'; 'the child had to make water' body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | |
6. | water - a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; 'he asked for a drink of water' food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue nutrient - any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis branch water - pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water drinking water - water suitable for drinking liquid - a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure | |
Verb | 1. | water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; 'Water the fields' wet - cause to become wet; 'Wet your face' hose, hose down - water with a hose; 'hose the lawn' flush - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; 'flush the meadows' hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals |
2. | water - provide with water; 'We watered the buffalo' furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; 'We provided the room with an electrical heater' | |
3. | water - secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; 'My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner'; 'His eyes watered' secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; 'secrete digestive juices'; 'release a hormone into the blood stream' | |
4. | water - fill with tears; 'His eyes were watering' fill, fill up - become full; 'The pool slowly filled with water'; 'The theater filled up slowly' |
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Formula | H2O |