water

1. (uncountable) A inorganic compound (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.Examples: "By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."; "It is wholly out of the power of language to convey any idea of the blissful enjoyment of obtaining water, after an almost total want of it, during eight and forty hours, in the scorching regions of an Arabian desert, in the month of July."; "Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy."uncountable

2. (uncountable) A inorganic compound (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.Examples: "May I have a glass of water?"; "Your plants need more water."; "Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction."uncountable

3. (uncountable) A inorganic compound (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.Examples: "Joe bustled back and offered her a glass of wine but she shook her head. “Just a water, please.”"countable

4. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.Examples: "He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God."countableuncountable

5. (uncountable or in the plural) Water in a body; an area of open water.Examples: "Roſa. O vain peticioner, beg a greater matter, Thou now requeſts but Mooneſhine in the water."; "'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed."; "The president expressed hope that creating rain over waters between the countries would help reduce pollution."in-pluraluncountable

6. (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.Examples: "And as they went on their waye they cam vnto a certayne water and the gelded man ſayde: Se here is water what ſhall lett me to be baptiſed?"; "On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full."; "But ere he came to Clyde's water, fu' loud the wind did blaw."archaiccountabledialectalpoeticuncountable