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  1. noun A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
  2. noun Any of various forms of water: waste water.
  3. noun Naturally occurring mineral water, as at a spa. Often used in the plural.
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  • The energy heats water, the water flows into natural underground reservoirs and the water is then used to perform a variety of tasks —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • Once a bullet struck a pail full of water, and he held his finger in the hole until the water was all used up. —  Lorraine A romance
  • But they had no time to speak--scarcely to think--for the water was already boiling up through the winze like a huge fountain, and filling the level. —  Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
  • At the sight of fresh water, some of the men dropped their oars, threw themselves into the sea when out of their depth--others when the water was above their waists--yet they did not arrive so soon as those who waited till the boat struck the beach and jumped out upon dry land. —  The Phantom Ship
  • One complete upset chilled me most thoroughly, as the water was about down to freezing point. —  By Canoe and Dog-Train
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water:   waters ·  watering ·  watered
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  1. Middle English, from Old English wæter; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English water, watre, wæter, weter, from Anglo-Saxon wæter = Old Saxon watar = OFries. weter, water = Dutch water = Middle Low German water = Old High German wazzar, Middle High German wazzer, Germanwasser, water; with a formative r, akin to Icelandic vatn = Swedish vatten = Danish vand = Goth, watō (plural watnō), in which a different for mative -n appears; cf. Old Bulgarian Russian voda, Lithuanian wandů, Greek ὔδωρ (ὑδατ-, ὑδρ-), Sanskrit udan, water; from Teutonic ✓ wat, Indo-European ✓wad, be wet. Cf. wash, perhaps from the same rootas water. See wet
  2. from Middle English wateren, weteren, watren, wattren, wattrenn, wettrien, from Anglo-Saxon wætrian, water, = Dutch wateren, water, make water, = Middle High German wezzern, German wässern, irrigate, water (cf. Icelandic vatna = Swedish vattna = Danish vande, water); from the noun.
 

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