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water n. [
H2O] 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
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water n. [
body of water] the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
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water v. [
irrigate] supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
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water v. provide with water; "We watered the buffalo"
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water n. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
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