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Waters

noun

1.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977). Synonym: Ethel Waters.

2.

The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion. Synonyms: amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid.

Water

noun

1.

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. Synonym: H2O.

2.

The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). Synonym: body of water. "They were sitting by the water's edge"

3.

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

4.

A facility that provides a source of water. Synonyms: water supply, water system. "First you have to cut off the water"

5.

Liquid excretory product. Synonyms: pee, piddle, piss, urine, weewee. "The child had to make water"

6.

A liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants.

verb

(past & past part. watered; pres. part. watering)

1.

Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. Synonym: irrigate.

2.

Provide with water.

3.

Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva. "His eyes watered"

4.

Fill with tears.

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"Waters" Quotes from Famous Books

... come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which ...

— Nobody • Susan Warner

... either side. It was quite true that every year at the conclusion of these feasts, the Vicar resolved never to attend another; but he was essentially a man of peace, striving ever to lay oil upon troubled waters, after the ...

— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 • Various

... sheep would be at rest, and then she might from the trees and shrubs collect all the wool she needed. So Psyche fulfilled this task also. But Aphrodite was still unsatisfied. She now demanded a crystal urn, filled with icy waters from the fountain of Oblivion. The fountain was placed on the summit of a great mountain; it issued from a fissure in a lofty rock, too steep for any one to ascend, and from thence it fell into a narrow channel, deep, winding, and rugged, and guarded on each side by terrible dragons, which ...

— Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning • John Thackray Bunce

... could have been a muskrat near at hand or a caribou far away. The paddle rose and dipped with a faint swish, swish, and the steersman's twist of it was taken up by the man's strong wrist so it did not click against the gunwale; the bow of the craft divided the waters with a murmuring so faint as to seem but the echo of a silence. Neither spoke. Virginia watched him, her heart too full for words; watched the full swing of his strong shoulders, the balance of his body at the ...

— Conjuror's House - A Romance of the Free Forest • Stewart Edward White

... removal of "Old Ironsides" from the waters in which that historic ship had her birth are ...

— Practical Argumentation • George K. Pattee

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