How to pronounce “water”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
• (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
• (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
• (poetic, archaic or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
• A combination of water and other substance(s).
• (business, often attributive) The water supply, as a service or utility.
• (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
• (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
• (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
• (colloquial, figuratively) Something which dilutes, or has the effect of watering down.
• A particular quality or appearance suggestive of water:
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
• (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
• (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
• (intransitive) To get or take in water.
• (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
• (transitive) To dilute.
• (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
• (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.
• (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.

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