Definitions for Waters

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Waters Wa·ters

Spelling: [waw-terz, wot-erz]

IPA: /ˈwɔ tərz, ˈwɒt ərz/

Waters is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in Waters (aerstw).

Definitions for Waters

noun

1. Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
2. Muddy [muhd-ee] /ˈmʌd i/ (Show IPA), (McKinley Morganfield) 1915–83, U.S. blues singer and musician.
3. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, 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.
4. a special form or variety of this liquid, as rain.
5. Often, waters. this liquid in an impure state as obtained from a mineral spring:
6. the liquid content of a river, inlet, etc., with reference to its relative height, especially as dependent on tide:
7. the surface of a stream, river, lake, ocean, etc.:
8. waters. flowing water, or water moving in waves: the sea or seas bordering a particular country or continent or located in a particular part of the world:
9. a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes:
10. Often, waters. Medicine/Medical. amniotic fluid. the bag of waters; amnion:
11. any of various solutions of volatile or gaseous substances in water:
12. any liquid or aqueous organic secretion, exudation, humor, or the like, as tears, perspiration, or urine.
13. Finance. fictitious assets or the inflated values they give to the stock of a corporation.
14. a wavy, lustrous pattern or marking, as on silk fabrics or metal surfaces.
15. (formerly) the degree of transparency and brilliancy of a diamond or other precious stone.
16. take water, (of a boat) to allow water to enter through leaks or portholes or over the side.

Idioms

1. above water, out of embarrassment or trouble, especially of a financial nature:
2. break water, to break the surface of the water by emerging from it. Swimming. to break the surface of the water with the feet, especially in swimming the breaststroke doing the frog kick. Medicine/Medical. to break the amniotic sac prior to parturition.
3. by water, by ship or boat:
4. dead in the water. dead (def 41).
5. hold water, to be logical, defensible, or valid: to check the movement of a rowboat by keeping the oars steady with the blades vertical.
6. in deep water, in great distress or difficulty:
7. in hot water. hot water.
8. like water, lavishly; abundantly; freely:
9. make one's mouth water, to excite a desire or appetite for something:
10. make water, (of a boat) to allow water to enter; leak. to urinate.
11. tread water. tread (def 23).

adjective

1. of or relating to water in any way:
2. holding, or designed to hold, water:
3. worked or powered by water:
4. heating, pumping, or circulating water (often used in combination):
5. used in or on water:
6. containing or prepared with water, as for hardening or dilution:
7. located or occurring on, in, or by water:
8. residing by or in, or ruling over, water:

verb (used with object)

1. to sprinkle, moisten, or drench with water:
2. to supply (animals) with water for drinking.
3. to furnish with a supply of water, as a ship.
4. to furnish water to (a region), as by streams; supply (land) with water, as by irrigation:
5. to dilute, weaken, soften, or adulterate with, or as with, water (often followed by down):
6. Finance. to issue or increase the par value of (shares of stock) without having the assets to warrant doing so (often followed by down).
7. to produce a wavy, lustrous pattern, marking, or finish on (fabrics, metals, etc.):

verb (used without object)

1. 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.
2. to drink water, as an animal.
3. to take in a supply of water, as a ship:

Origin of Waters

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English wæter; cognate with Dutch water, German Wasser; akin to Old Norse vain, Gothic wato, Hittite watar, Greek hýdōr; (v.) Middle English wateren, Ol

Examples for Waters

See how their shining hair sparkles on the surface of the Waters!

Yet the voice of Plato would be pleasant to my ears, as music on the Waters in the night-time.

When it came to shooting the famous parting of the Red Sea, Ridley Scott elected to show a tsunami splitting the Waters.

A foreign stain floated on the surface, but never mingled with its Waters.

To be sure, a more activist Supreme Court could still have decided to wade into the Waters and decide this issue once and for all.

The “Waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.

Waters became really famous after Tipping The Velvet was made into a TV drama in 2002.

Discarding the idea of testing the Waters with a provocative contribution, I just asked what they would do.

He bathed in this imaginary future as in the Waters of omnipotence.

There was a thrilling silence, as the Waters closed over his body.