water
/ˈwɔːtə/
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Translation
The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.
Word origin
From Old English wæter, the word for the liquid, shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- wæter
Examples
glass water?
"Water" is the clear liquid we drink.
children played water beach.
"Water" here means the sea.
Plants need water grow.
"Water" is uncountable, so it has no plural here.
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