- water
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 liquidADJECTIVE▪ boiling, chilled, cold, cool, freezing, frigid (AmE), hot, ice-cold, icy, lukewarm, steaming, tepid, warm▪
I could feel the icy water entering my lungs.
▪ ice (AmE), iced (esp. BrE)▪ clean, clear, crystal-clear, pure▪ dirty▪ contaminated, polluted▪ fresh▪ brackish, salt▪These fish will quickly die in salt water.
▪ salty▪Abscesses should be bathed in warm salty water.
▪ salted▪Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water.
▪ soapy▪Alexis filled the sink with soapy water.
▪ hard, soft▪ dripping, flowing, pouring, running, rushing▪the fast-flowing water of the river
▪All the rooms have hot and cold running water.
▪ lake, ocean (esp. AmE), river, sea▪ surface▪The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.
▪ ground▪areas which are dependent on ground water
▪ drinking, potable (esp. AmE)▪ tap▪Avoid drinking the tap water when you first arrive in the country.
▪ well▪the purest well water
▪ bottled, mineral, sparkling, spring▪ soda▪ flavoured/flavored▪ boiled, distilled, filtered, sterile▪ deionized▪ waste▪ irrigation▪The farmers draw their irrigation water from the Colorado.
▪ excess▪She dried off the excess water from her hair.
▪ holy▪He kept sprinkling holy water on Mia.
▪ scarce… OF WATER▪ drop▪ drink, sip▪ cup, glassVERB + WATER▪ drink, sip▪ gulp, gulp down▪ pour▪ slosh, spill, splash, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt▪Don't slosh too much water on the floor when you're having a bath.
▪The burst pipe was spurting water everywhere.
▪ filter, purify▪ contaminate, pollute▪ boil, heat▪Residents are being asked to boil their drinking water.
▪ bring, carry, fetch▪a woman fetching water
▪ pump▪How do you pump the water up here?
▪ drain▪He twisted it to drain the excess water.
▪ absorb▪That causes the moss to absorb water.
▪ turn off, turn on▪They turned the water off for a few hours to do some work on the pipes.
WATER + VERB▪ flow, pour, run▪ gush, rush, spurt▪Brown water gushed out of the rusty old tap.
▪ drip, trickle▪There was water dripping from a hole in the ceiling.
▪ lap, slosh, spill, splash, spray, squirt▪Water got into the boat and was sloshing around under our feet.
▪ boil, cool, cool down, freeze▪ evaporate▪As the weather heats up, water evaporates.
WATER + NOUN▪ vapour/vapor▪ temperature▪ pressure▪ supply▪ resources▪ quality▪ purification, treatment▪ filter▪ pipe▪ tank, tower▪ pump▪ pollution▪ shortage▪ level▪ table▪Building can be difficult where the water table lies close to the surface.
▪ source▪the region's most important fresh water source
▪ power▪ company, industry▪ conservation, management (esp. AmE)▪ bottle▪ cooler (esp. AmE), fountain (both esp. AmE)▪ heater (esp. AmE)▪household water heaters
2 mass of waterADJECTIVE▪ deep, shallow▪ clear▪ muddy, murky, stagnant▪ calm, placid (esp. BrE), still▪the calm waters of Lake Como
▪ choppy, rough, stormy▪ dangerous, safe▪At last the boat reached safer waters.
▪ open▪large expanses of open water
▪ flood (usually floodwater)▪The floodwater had caused tremendous damage.
▪ standing▪Some fields have areas with standing water.
▪ rising▪They climbed a tree to escape the rising water.
▪ bath, bathing (esp. BrE)▪ ballast▪the ballast water of ocean-going freighters
WATER + VERB▪ rise▪The water was rising fast.
▪ recede▪The water is now receding after the floods.
WATER + NOUN▪ sportsPREPOSITION▪ by water▪Goods were often transported by water in the 19th century.
▪ in the water▪I saw something large floating in the water.
▪ on the water▪The swan landed gracefully on the water.
▪ through the water▪The boat cut effortlessly through the water.
▪ under the water▪An abandoned town lies under the water of the reservoir.
PHRASES▪ the water's edge▪She crouched at the water's edge to wash her hands.
3 waters seaADJECTIVE▪ territorial▪ coastal▪ tropical▪ northern, southern▪ Antarctic, Arctic▪ Atlantic, Pacific, etc.▪ foreign, home, international▪ Japanese, etc.▪ uncharted▪The ship had drifted into uncharted waters.
▪ navigable▪inland navigable waters
▪ freezing, icy▪the freezing waters of the Irish Sea
▪the icy waters of the North Atlantic
▪ shark-infested▪the shark-infested waters off the coast of Florida
PREPOSITION▪ in … water, into … water▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The submarine had strayed into Russian waters.
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.
