water
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- binary compound hypernym
- liquid hypernym
- tap water hyponym
- bath water hyponym
- dishwater hyponym
- distilled water hyponym
- holy water hyponym
- spring water hyponym
- hard water hyponym
- limewater hyponym
- meltwater hyponym
- brine hyponym
- fresh water hyponym
- slush hyponym
- soft water hyponym
- bilge hyponym
- water of crystallization hyponym
Parts & wholes
- tear substance holonym
- sweat substance holonym
- body of water substance holonym
- snowflake substance holonym
- ice crystal substance holonym
- ice substance holonym
- H substance meronym
- O substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
Water the fields
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- watering derivation
- irrigation derivation
- waterer derivation
- water derivation
Sense 3 noun
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
they invaded our territorial waters
Types & categories
- thing hypernym
- backwater hyponym
- bay hyponym
- channel hyponym
- drink hyponym
- estuary hyponym
- flowage hyponym
- crossing hyponym
- gulf hyponym
- high sea hyponym
- inlet hyponym
- lake hyponym
- main hyponym
- mid-water hyponym
- ocean hyponym
- offing hyponym
- polynya hyponym
- puddle hyponym
- sea hyponym
- seven seas hyponym
- shallow hyponym
- sound hyponym
- stream hyponym
- territorial waters hyponym
- waterfall hyponym
- waterway hyponym
Parts & wholes
- hydrosphere part holonym
- Earth's surface part holonym
- water substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
provide with water
We watered the buffalo
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Types & categories
- element hypernym
Related & opposite
- archaism domain usage
Sense 6 verb
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner
Types & categories
- secrete hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a facility that provides a source of water
the town debated the purification of the water supply
Types & categories
- facility hypernym
Parts & wholes
- infrastructure part holonym
- artificial lake part meronym
- water main part meronym
Sense 8 verb
fill with tears
His eyes were watering
Types & categories
- fill hypernym
Related & opposite
- watering derivation
Sense 9 noun
liquid excretory product
there was blood in his urine
Types & categories
- body waste hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 noun
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
he asked for a drink of water
Types & categories
- food hypernym
- nutrient hypernym
- liquid hypernym
- branch water hyponym
- spring water hyponym
- drinking water hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | water |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | water |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | watery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | watery |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | tear |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | sweat |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | body of water |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | snowflake |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | ice crystal |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | ice |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | H |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | O |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | binary compound |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | liquid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tap water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bath water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dishwater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distilled water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holy water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spring water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hard water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | limewater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meltwater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fresh water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slush |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft water |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bilge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water of crystallization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | watering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | irrigation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waterer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | water |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hush |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | lake |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | ocean |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | river |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hydrosphere |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Earth's surface |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | water |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | backwater |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | channel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | drink |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | estuary |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flowage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crossing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gulf |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | high sea |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inlet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lake |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | main |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mid-water |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ocean |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | offing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | polynya |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | puddle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sea |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | seven seas |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shallow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sound |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | territorial waters |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterfall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterway |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | water boy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | waterer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | water |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | element |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | secrete |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | infrastructure |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | artificial lake |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | water main |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | facility |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | watering |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | fill |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | pee |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | urinary |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | body waste |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | food |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | nutrient |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | liquid |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | branch water |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | spring water |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | drinking water |