- water
- In.
1) to draw, run water (for a bath)
2) to add water
3) to drink; sip water
4) to pour; spill water
5) to splash; sprinkle; squirt water on
6) to boil, sterilize; chlorinate; distill; filter; fluoridate; purify; soften water
7) to drain water from
8) to pollute water
9) boiling; carbonated; clear; cold; contaminated, polluted; distilled; drinking, potable; fresh; hard; heavy; holy; hot; ice; mineral; murky; rain; rose; running; safe; salt; salty; sea; soda; soft; stagnant; tepid; warm water
10) water boils; evaporates; flows, pours, runs; freezes; leaks; oozes; rises; vaporizes
11) a body of water
12) by water (to travel by water)
13) under water (after the flood our basement was under water)
14) (misc.) to make/pass water ('to urinate'); to hold water ('to be valid') (your theory doesn't hold water); to tread water (when swimming); water under the bridge ('past events that are done with'); to pour cold water on ('to discourage'); to keep one's head above water ('to keep out of difficulty'); toilet water ('liquid used as a skin freshener')
IIv. (misc.) to make smb.'s mouth water ('to create a desire or appetite in smb.'); her mouth waters at the sight of popcorn
* * *['wɔːtə]carbonatedchlorinateclearcontaminateddistilldistilledevaporatesflowsfluoridatefreezesheavyher mouth waters at the sight of popcornholyleaksmineralmurkyoozespollutedpotablepoursrisesrunssaltysip watersoften waterspill watersprinklesquirt water onstagnantsterilizetepidvaporizeswarm watertoilet water ('liquid used as a skin freshener')water under the bridge ('past events that are done with')to pour cold water on ('to discourage')to keep one's head above water ('to keep out of difficulty')run water (for a bath)to tread water (when swimming)to hold water (your theory doesn't hold water; 'to be valid')a body of waterboilingto add waterto boilto drain water fromto drawto drinkto pollute waterto pourto splashwater boils(misc.) to make smb. 's mouth water ('to create a desire or appetite in smb. ')(misc.) to make/pass water ('to urinate')under water (after the flood our basement was under water)by water (to travel by water)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
