Sekirov Dictionary

water

/ˈwɔː.tə/

noun22

  1. [in the plural] Spa water; hot springs.
  2. (euphemistic) Urine.
  3. (informal) A fluid that causes swelling.
  4. [in the plural] (figurative) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
  5. (informal, figurative) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
  6. (informal, figurative) A person's intuition.
  7. (dialect, no longer used) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.

verb13

  1. (old-fashioned) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
forms

water'd · watered · wateredst · watering · watereth · waters · waterest

Phrases with water

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