Overview of noun waters

The noun waters has 2 senses

• Waters, Ethel Waters -- (United States actress and singer (1896-1977))


• amniotic fluid, amnionic fluid, waters -- (the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion; "before a woman gives birth her waters break")

Overview of noun water

The noun water has 6 senses

• water, H2O -- (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)


• 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")


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


• water system, water supply, 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")


• urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water -- (liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water")


• water -- (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water")

Overview of verb water

The verb water has 4 senses

• water, irrigate -- (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields")


• water -- (provide with water; "We watered the buffalo")


• water -- (secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered")


• water -- (fill with tears; "His eyes were watering")