v
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
v
(transitive) To affect with backwash.
v
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
v
(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
v
(transitive, archaic or obsolete) To bathe all over; bathe completely; suffuse.
v
(transitive) To lave or wash about; wash all over; wash.
v
(transitive) To water about or all over; cover, douse, or fill with water; make wet; water; hydrate.
v
(transitive) To wash (ore) in a buddle.
v
Alternative form of dip-coat [To immerse in liquid in order to apply a dipcoat.]
n
A substance, usually a liquid, used to clean drains by unclogging material lodged inside them.
n
A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
n
A person who explores drains, tunnels, or sewers.
n
(uncountable) The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.
n
(Appalachia) Alternative form of drain [(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)]
n
Obsolete form of drain. [(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)]
v
(idiomatic) To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an uncapped, unfiltered amount
n
Water that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans.
n
A pipe that has small holes at intervals, used to irrigate crops.
n
An outlet in the microtubing used in drip irrigation.
n
The act of drying dishes after they have been washed up.
n
The space around a house on which such water drips.
v
(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
v
(transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
n
A device that flushes urinals automatically at regular intervals.
v
(archaic, transitive) To bathe abundantly or thoroughly.
adj
(poetic, archaic) Full of fountains or springs.
v
To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
v
(transitive) To use a funnel.
n
(by extension) A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
n
Water that is not clean enough to be potable, such as having been used for washing, but not contaminated with fecal matter or other source of dangerous bacteria or dangerous or noxious materials.
v
Alternative spelling of gully [(obsolete) To flow noisily..]
v
(obsolete) To flow noisily..
n
(US, informal) An intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm.
v
To investigate the internals of a situation.
v
(transitive) To spray thoroughly with a hose.
v
(transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.
n
The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism
v
(transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
v
(transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
n
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
n
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
n
Normal water, as opposed to heavy water.
n
Obsolete form of immersion. [The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.]
v
(transitive) To flush or blush more brightly than.
v
(intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
v
(transitive) To soak laundry in cold water prior to washing, sometimes with the addition of a biological or other preparation.
n
(bodybuilding, slang) A steroid or other drug taken to improve blood flow and increase muscular size.
n
(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) rain check
n
Alternative spelling of rainstick [A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.]
n
Alternative form of rainwater [Rainfall.]
n
A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
n
(geography) The washing action of rain, capable of erosion and transporting soil.
n
(dialectal, England) The draining of a surface mainly by rainwater.
v
(transitive) To moisten (animal skins) with water.
n
(US) Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
v
(transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
v
To rinse or wash with a flow of water.
v
(transitive, more generally) To wash (down or out).
v
(transitive) To clean using a plumbing snake.
n
A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.
v
(transitive) To make soapy; apply soap to; lather up
n
(chemistry) Water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it easier to lather with soap.
n
(Australia, New Zealand) A gutter under the eaves of a building; guttering.
n
An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
n
A vessel, vat, or cistern in which things are steeped.
v
(transitive) To lather; to cover with suds
n
The liquid discharges from kitchens, washbasins, toilets etc; sewage.
n
(UK, dialect) The bottom of a drain.
v
(intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
n
(US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”)
v
(transitive) To wash (something) by flooding with water.
v
Alternative spelling of siphon. [(transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.]
n
Alternative form of siphonage [The action of a siphon.]
v
Of a vessel, to admit water through a leak or port or similar; to take in water.
adj
Of a container: possessing a significant amount of ullage (empty space).
v
(rare, transitive) To cause (something) to be not dry.
v
(intransitive) To lose a flush of colour.
n
An instance of vacuuming.
n
Elongated form of water.
v
To well, as water; spring.
v
To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
n
Material transferred by this process.
n
Water used for washing, especially in industrial processes.
n
Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.
v
(transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
n
(now historical) Someone who drinks the waters at a spa.
v
(rare) Alternative form of waterlog [(transitive) To saturate with water.]
n
(religion) spiritual refreshment
n
(Singapore) A water drinking session that is carried out to prevent individuals from dehydration.
n
A rite or ceremony that uses water as a central feature
n
Alternative form of water cure [(dated) Treatment of pain and illness using water, particularly bathing.]
v
Alternative form of waterlog [(transitive) To saturate with water.]
adj
Alternative form of waterworn [Worn or smoothed by the action of water.]
v
To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive
adj
(nonstandard) Full of water.
v
Pronunciation spelling of watering.
n
(military, historical) A signal sounded to instruct soldiers that it is time to water their horses.
v
(transitive) To saturate with water.
n
(uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) water
v
(intransitive) To make or become wet.
v
(intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
v
(intransitive) To dowse for water.
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