Watername

• 1

  A hamlet in Manaton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7580).

• 2

  A hamlet on the B6238 Burnley Road in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8425).

• 3

  A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).

• 4

  A surname

waternoun詞源 1/ˈwɔ.tɚ/

• 1

  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.

  • By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen.
  • It is wholly out of the power of language to convey any idea of the blissful enjoyment of obtaining water, after an almost total want of it, during eight and forty hours, in the scorching regions of an Arabian desert, in the month of July.
• 2

  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.

  • May I have a glass of water?
  • Your plants need more water.
• 3

  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.

  • Joe bustled back and offered her a glass of wine but she shook her head. “Just a water, please.”
• 4

  alchemyhuman-sciencesphilosophyThe aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

  • He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.
• 5

  Water in a body; an area of open water.

  • Roſa. O vain peticioner, beg a greater matter, Thou now requeſts but Mooneſhine in the water.
  • 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
• 6

  archaicdialectalA body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.

  • And as they went on their waye they cam vnto a certayne water and the gelded man ſayde: Se here is water what ſhall lett me to be baptiſed?
  • When the man rode off with the silver jug from the beautiful maiden, who presented it to him, an old crone set off in pursuit of him with such velocity, that she would surely have caught him, but that providentially he came to a running water.
• 7

  A combination of water and other substance(s).

  • Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant.
• 8

  A combination of water and other substance(s).

  • Many people visit Bath to take the waters.
  • Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed.

waterverb詞源 2/ˈwɔ.tɚ/

• 1

  To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

  • Aunt Em had just come out of the house to water the cabbages when she looked up and saw Dorothy running toward her.
• 2

  To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

  • tears watering the ground
  • Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.
• 3

  To provide (animals) with water for drinking.

  • I need to water the cattle.
  • While they watered and washed their horses, I talked with a red-capped man, some kind of chief.
• 4

  To get or take in water.

  • The ship put into port to water.
  • After working the 1.30 p.m. through train from Forres to Aberdeen as far as Elgin, she returns tender first with a local passenger train and is then coaled and watered at Forres shed, and eventually works back to Perth on the 10.20 p.m. through freight.
• 5

  To urinate onto.

  • Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
• 6

  To dilute.

  • Can you water the whisky, please?
• 7

  datedbusinessfinanceTo overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.

  • such agencies would make it possible for the railroads to water stock and evade the law subjecting security issues to public regulation
• 8

  To fill with or secrete water or similar liquid.

  • Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
  • The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.