a transparent, odorless, tas
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teless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
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a special form or variety of this liquid, as rain.
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Often, waters.this liquid in an impure state as obtained from a mineral spring: Last year we went to Marienbad for the waters.
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the liquid content of a river, inlet, etc., with reference to its relative height, esp. as dependent on tide: a difference of 20 feet between high and low water.
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the surface of a stream, river, lake, ocean, etc.: above, below, or on the water.
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waters,
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flowing water, or water moving in waves: The river's mighty waters.
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the sea or seas bordering a particular country or continent or located in a particular part of the world: We left San Diego and sailed south for Mexican waters.
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a liquid solution or preparation, esp. one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
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Often, waters.Medicine/Medical.
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amniotic fluid.
b.
the bag of waters; amnion: Her water broke at 2 a.m.
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any of various solutions of volatile or gaseous substances in water: ammonia water.
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any liquid or aqueous organic secretion, exudation, humor, or the like, as tears, perspiration, or urine.
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Finance. fictitious assets or the inflated values they give to the stock of a corporation.
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a wavy, lustrous pattern or marking, as on silk fabrics or metal surfaces.
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(formerly) the degree of transparency and brilliancy of a diamond or other precious stone.
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take water, (of a boat) to allow water to enter through leaks or portholes or over the side.
–verb (used with object)
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to sprinkle, moisten, or drench with water: to water the flowers; to water a street.
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to supply (animals) with water for drinking.
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to furnish with a supply of water, as a ship.
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to furnish water to (a region), as by streams; supply (land) with water, as by irrigation: The valley is watered by a branch of the Colorado River. Our land is watered by the All-American Canal.
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to dilute, weaken, soften, or adulterate with, or as with, water (often fol. by down): to water soup; to water down an unfavorable report.
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Finance. to issue or increase the par value of (shares of stock) without having the assets to warrant doing so (often fol. by down).
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to produce a wavy, lustrous pattern, marking, or finish on (fabrics, metals, etc.): watered silk.
–verb (used without object)
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to discharge, fill with, or secrete water or liquid, as the eyes when irritated, or as the mouth at the sight or thought of tempting food.
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to drink water, as an animal.
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to take in a supply of water, as a ship: Our ship will water at Savannah.
–adjective
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of or pertaining to water in any way: a water journey.
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holding, or designed to hold, water: a water jug.
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worked or
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powered by water: a water turbine.
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heating, pumping, or circulating water (often used in combination): hot-water furnace; city waterworks.
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used in or on water: water skis.
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containing or prepared with water, as for hardening or dilution: water mortar.
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located or occurring on, in, or by water: water music; water frontage.
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residing by or in, or ruling over, water: water people; water deities.
—Idioms
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above water, out of embarrassment or trouble, esp. of a financial nature: They had so many medical bills that they could hardly keep their heads above water.
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break water,
a.
to break the surface of the water by emerging from it.
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Swimming. to break the surface of the water with the feet, esp. in swimming the breaststroke doing the frog kick.
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Medicine/Medical. to break the amniotic sac prior to parturition.
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by water, by ship or boat: to send goods by water.
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
2.
any device, as a tank or tube, containing such a substance for filtering.
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any of various analogous devices, as for removing dust from air or impurities from tobacco smoke, or for eliminating certain kinds of light rays.
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Informal. a filter-tipped cigarette or cigar.
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Photography. a lens screen of dyed gelatin or glass for controlling the rendering of color or for diminishing the intensity of light.
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Electronics,Physics. a circuit or device that passes certain frequencies and blocks others.
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Mathematics. a collection of subsets of a topological space, having the properties that the intersection of two subsets in the collection is a subset in the collection and that any set containing a subset in the collection is in the collection.
–verb (used with object)
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to remove by the action of a filter.
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to act as a filter for; to slow or partially obstruct the passage of: The thick leaves filtered the sunlight.
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to pass through or as through a filter.
–verb (used without object)
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to pass or slip through slowly, as through an obstruction or a filter: Enemy agents managed to filter into the embattled country.
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