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waterproof

UK /ˈwɔːtəˌpruːf/US /ˈwɔt̬ɚˌpruf/

adjective 4
noun 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective4

Resistant to the effects of water.
Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in; impervious to water and immune to its effects.
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(figurative) Incapable of failing; unassailable.
- The only waterproof plan and the one increasingly adopted by leading trades is the consolidation of the interests of all parties in a scheme of amalgamation. — 1931
Not dependent on an aquatic environment to live; thus, able to live on dry land, or at least in a semiaquatic environment.

noun2

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Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; especially, an outer garment made of such material.
- Carrados dropped the near window as a man in glistening waterproof stepped from the shelter of a lich-gate and approached. — 1914
A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.

verb1

To make waterproof or water-resistant.

forms

waterproofed · waterproofing · waterproofs · more waterproof · most waterproof

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