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5-letter words (3 found)

TAWER,WATER,WRATE,

4-letter words (13 found)

ARET,AREW,RATE,TARE,TEAR,TREW,TWAE,WARE,WART,WATE,WEAR,WERT,WETA,

3-letter words (23 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,AWE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,EWT,RAT,RAW,RET,REW,TAE,TAR,TAW,TEA,TEW,TWA,WAE,WAR,WAT,WET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AR,AT,AW,EA,ER,ET,EW,RE,TA,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 52 words from water according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of water

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Definitions and meaning of water

water

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Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwoːtə(ɹ)/, [wo̞ːtʰə], [wo̞ːʔə]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔtəɹ/, [ˈwɔɾɚ], enPR: wôtər
  • (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɑtəɹ/, [ˈwɑɾɚ]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English water, from Old English wæter (“water”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Noun

water (countable and uncountable, plural waters)

  2. (uncountable) A substance (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.
    1. (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H2O.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:water.
    2. (countable) A serving of liquid water.
  3. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
  4. (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      The president expressed hope that creating rain over waters between the countries would help reduce pollution.
  5. (poetic, archaic or dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.
  6. A combination of water and other substance(s).
    1. (sometimes countable) Mineral water.
    2. (countable, often in the plural) Spa water.
    3. (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
    4. Urine. [from 15th c.]
    6. Amniotic fluid or the amniotic sac containing it. (Used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America.)
      Synonym: bag of waters
    7. (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
  7. (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
  8. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
    Synonym: bones
  9. (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
  10. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
  11. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
Alternative forms
  • wahter, wahtuh (eye dialect)
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:water
  • See also Thesaurus:urine
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "liquid H2O"): ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour
  • (antonym(s) of "basic elements"): earth, air/wind, fire; wood, metal; void/ether
Hypernyms
  • (chemical having the formula H2O): chemical, substance
  • (liquid H2O): liquid, fluid
  • (basic elements): element
  • (urine): body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluid
Hyponyms
  • (chemical having the formula H2O): heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour
  • (liquid H2O): drinkwater, freshwater, meltwater, mineral water; hard water, soft water
Meronyms
  • (chemical having the formula H2O): hydrogen, oxygen
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English wateren, from Old English wæterian, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Verb

water (third-person singular simple present waters, present participle watering, simple past and past participle watered)

  1. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
  2. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
  4. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
    I need to water the cattle.
  5. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
  6. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
    Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
  7. (transitive) To dilute.
    Can you water the whisky, please?
  8. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
  9. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
    Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
    The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water.
  10. (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
    to water silk
Synonyms
  • (urinate): (see the list of synonyms in the entry "urinate")
  • (dilute): water down
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "dilute"): refine
Derived terms
Translations

Further reading

  • “water”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “water”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Ewart, tawer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch water, from Middle Dutch wāter, from Old Dutch watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːtər/

Noun

water (plural waters)

  1. water
  2. any artificial fluid similar to water
  3. (colloquial) urine
  4. any body of water, such as a river or a lake
  5. a disease where water is accumulated; hydrops
  6. (in the plural) a large quantity of water; inundation

Verb

water (present water, present participle waterende, past participle gewater)

  1. to urinate
  2. to secrete liquid

Derived terms

  • waterbok
  • waterlemoen
  • ontwater

References

  • Jan Kromhout, Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans Dictionary (2001)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaːtər/, (Belgium) [β̞aːtər], (Netherlands) [ʋaːtər]
  • Rhymes: -aːtər
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ter

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wāter, from Old Dutch watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Noun

water n (plural waters or wateren, diminutive watertje n)

  1. water (H2O)
  2. body of water (such as a lake, ditch or stream)
  3. bodily fluid (especially amniotic fluid)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: water
  • Javindo: water
  • Negerhollands: watu, water, water, waeter
  • Petjo: watter
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: water
  • →? Sranan Tongo: watra
    • → Aukan: wataa
    • → Saramaccan: wáta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

water

  1. inflection of wateren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Further reading

  • “water” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Anagrams

  • tarwe

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

  • wotter, woater, waoter

Etymology

From Old Saxon watar.

Noun

water

  1. (Drents, Twents) water

See also

  • Water

French

Etymology

Ellipsis of water-closet, borrowed from English water closet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.tɛʁ/

Noun

water m (plural waters)

  1. toilet, bathroom
  2. Ellipsis of water-closet.

Synonyms

  • toilettes
  • toilette (Belgium)
  • waters
  • WC

Derived terms

  • waters

Further reading

  • “water”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping of English water closet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ter/
  • Rhymes: -ater

Noun

water m (invariable)

  1. toilet bowl
  2. (colloquial) water closet, toilet

References

Limburgish

Alternative forms

  • Waater (Eupen, Krefeld)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wāter, from Old Dutch watar, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Noun

water n

  1. water
  2. body of water

Derived terms

  • móndjwater

References

  • Stefaan Top, Limburgs sagenboek (2004), page 45

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch watar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːtər/

Noun

wāter n

  1. water

Inflection

Descendants

  • Dutch: water
    • Afrikaans: water
    • Javindo: water
    • Negerhollands: watu, water, water, waeter
    • Petjo: watter
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: water
    • →? Sranan Tongo: watra
      • → Aukan: wataa
      • → Saramaccan: wáta
  • Limburgish: water
  • West Flemish: woater

Further reading

  • “water”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “water”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • watere, watir, waterre

Etymology

From Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwatər/, /ˈwaːtər/

Noun

water (plural wateres)

  1. water (liquid H2O)
  2. water vapour, condensation
  3. lake, pond, ocean, canal, body of water
  4. water source, spring, well, fount
  5. solution, liquid mixture

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:water.

Derived terms

  • waterles

Descendants

  • English: water (see there for further descendants)
  • Geordie English: watter, wetter
  • Scots: watter
  • Yola: waudher, wadher

References

  • “wā̆ter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon watar.

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /ˈwaːtər/

Noun

wāter n

  1. water

Declension

Descendants

  • German Low German: Water

Occitan

Etymology

Shortened form of English water closet.

Noun

water m

  1. (colloquial) water closet, toilet, rest room

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.ter/

Noun

water n

  1. Alternative form of wæter

Declension


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