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”

facility that provides a source of water

• “the town debated the purification of the water supply”
• “first you have to cut off the water”

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

liquid excretory product

• “there was blood in his urine”
• “the child had to make water”

a fluid 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”