Quotes containing word "water"

• Noun: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

• Noun: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); examples: "they invaded our territorial waters", "they were sitting by the water's edge"

• Noun: a facility that provides a source of water; examples: "the town debated the purification of the water supply", "first you have to cut off the water"

• Noun: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

• Noun: liquid excretory product; examples: "there was blood in his urine", "the child had to make water"

• Noun: a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; example: "he asked for a drink of water"

• Verb: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; example: "Water the fields"

• Verb: provide with water; example: "We watered the buffalo"

• Verb: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; examples: "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner", "His eyes watered"

• Verb: fill with tears; example: "His eyes were watering"