Tra từ water - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 water and its different forms
2 being in water
3 water in the home and garden
4 water in the street and countryside
see also LIQUID

1 water and its different forms
- the clear liquid that falls as rain and is in seas, rivers and lakes: water (noun U)
a glass of water ◎ rainwater ◎ sea water ◎ deep/shallow water
- a very small rounded mass of water (or other liquid): drop
a raindrop ◎ a drop of rain ◎ a teardrop
- water in very small drops on a surface or in the air: moisture (noun U)
- water that is clean and not mixed with anything else is pure
pure water
- water with salt in: salt water
- salt water from the sea: sea water
- water that is not sea water: fresh water; living in fresh water: freshwater
freshwater fish
※ dirty water
- if water is not easy to see through, it is murky; opposite: clear
The water in the pond was very murky and we could not see the bottom. ◎ the clear blue sea
- if water is not flowing and is dirty, with an unpleasant smell, it is stagnant
- soft, wet earth: mud (noun U); adjective: muddy
muddy water
- a dirty or unpleasant substance on the surface of a liquid: scum (noun U)
The river was covered in scum caused by waste from a local factory.
※ water for drinking
- water that is safe to drink: drinking water
- water for drinking that contains natural minerals: mineral water
I'll have a mineral water please.
- water containing bubbles of gas: sparkling/fizzy/carbonated water; opposite: still water
- water from the tap rather than a bottle: tap water
※ movement of water
- to move in a continuous way: flow, run*
a fast-flowing river ◎ This stream runs into the Thames.
- a raised line of water moving on the surface of water, especially the sea: wave
- a very small wave or movement on the surface of the water: ripple
There were tiny ripples of water where the fish had come to the surface.
※ more on the movement of water and other liquids LIQUID
- the sea SEA
※ water at different temperatures
- to reach a high temperature where bubbles rise to the surface and the liquid changes to a gas: boil; to heat a liquid until it boils: boil sth
Water boils at 100※° Celsius. ◎ boiling water ◎ The water here is not clean and you should boil it before you drink it.
- the temperature at which a liquid boils: boiling point
- the hot gas that water changes into when it boils: steam (noun U)
We stopped the car because there was steam coming out of the engine.
- water that is very cold and has become solid: ice (noun U)
- to change from water into ice: freeze*; adjective: frozen
- the temperature at which water freezes: freezing point
※ more on ice ICE
- the small drops of liquid that form when steam or warm air touches a cold surface: condensation (noun U)
When we woke up in the morning, there was condensation on the windows.
- to change from a liquid into steam or a gas and disappear: evaporate; noun (U): evaporation
If you boil liquid, the water evaporates and the liquid gets thicker.
- small drops of water that form on plants, etc during the night: dew (noun U)
※ adjectives to describe hot or cold water or other liquids LIQUID

2 being in water
- water that goes a long way down is deep; opposite: shallow
a deep puddle ◎ the shallow end of the swimming pool
- how deep sth is: depth (noun C/U)
※ more on depth DEEP
- to die in water because you cannot breathe: drown, be drowned; to kill sb/sth in this way: drown (sb/sth)
She fell over the edge of the boat and drowned/was drowned.
- in, and covered by, water: under water
The divers stayed under water for several minutes.
- existing or happening under water: underwater (adjective, adverb)
an underwater tunnel ◎ to swim underwater
- to go under water: submerge; to make sth do this: submerge sth; adjective: submerged
We could see the submarine submerging. ◎ Several streets were completely submerged by the floods.
- to go down to the bottom of the water: sink*; to make sth go down: sink* sth
Many ships have sunk in this part of the channel. ◎ They sank their boat quite deliberately.
- to stay on or at the surface of a liquid: float
We could see something floating on the surface of the pond.
- on the surface of the water; not sinking: afloat (not before a noun)
They tried to keep the boat afloat as the water started to come in.
- to move your body through water: swim*
- sports that people do in the water: water sports
※ more on swimming and other sports SWIM, SPORT
- to walk with bare feet in shallow water: paddle
We went paddling in the sea - it was too cold to swim.
- to walk with difficulty through fairly deep water, mud, etc: wade
He waded into the river to try and rescue the dog.
- covered in a liquid, especially water: wet
soaking wet clothes
- completely wet: soaked
I got absolutely soaked in the rain.
- to make sth completely wet: soak sth (in sth)
- material (especially for clothes) that does not let water go through is waterproof
a waterproof jacket/watch
※ more on being wet WET/DRY

3 water in the home and garden
- to move the top part of a tap so that water comes out: turn the tap on; opposite: turn the tap off
- to cause water to flow: run* sth
If you run the tap for a few seconds, the water will get hot.
- water which is available from a tap or which is coming out of a tap is running (water)
We stayed in a horrible hotel which had no running water.
- to clean sb/sth or yourself using water and usually soap: wash (sb/sth); noun: wash
I'll give my face a quick wash and then we'll go.
※ more on washing WASH
- the room where you wash BATHROOM
- to give water to plants (using a watering can or hosepipe, for example): water sth
Don't forget to water the plants. ◎ The tomatoes need watering.
※ systems which bring water to your house
- a hollow tube that carries gas or liquid: pipe
a water pipe ◎ the hot-water pipe
- a large pipe that carries water to a building: water main, mains (with singular or plural verb)
If you want to replace that pipe, you'll have to turn the water off at the mains.
- a container for holding water (often kept at the top of the house or in the roof): (water) tank
- a metal container used for supplying hot water in a house: boiler, hot-water tank
- all the pipes, water tanks, etc in a building: plumbing (noun U)
We need to get somebody to look at the plumbing.
- a person whose job it is to put in and repair pipes, baths, sinks etc: plumber
※ more on pipes PIPE
- the system of providing and storing water: water supply
to turn on/off the water supply
- to stop the supply of water to sb: cut* sb/sth off
They cut us off, because we hadn't paid our water bill.
- a situation where there is not enough water: (water) shortage
※ dirty water which leaves the house
- a pipe or hole that dirty water goes down to be carried away: drain
to go down the drain ◎ a blocked drain
- to flow away: drain (away); to make a liquid flow away: drain sth
I've pulled out the plug but the water isn't draining away.
- a pipe which goes down the side of a building, especially one that carries water from the roof to a drain: drainpipe
- a system used for draining water away, especially from land: drainage (noun U)
drainage channels
※ waste water from toilets TOILET

4 water in the street and countryside
- a stream of water that flows down to the sea from higher ground: river
The river flows through the centre of the town.
- a small river: stream
A small stream ran along the side of the field.
- a long narrow hole that has been dug into the ground, especially along the side of a road or field for water to flow through: ditch
a muddy ditch
- a channel that is cut through land so that boats and ships can travel along it or so that water can flow to an area where it is needed: canal
the Panama Canal
※ more on rivers RIVER
- a large area of water that is surrounded by land: lake (in Scotland loch)
- a small area of water (often in a park or a garden): pond
They had a fish pond in their back garden.
- a small shallow area of water: pool
The children played in the rock pools on the beach.
- a small amount of water (especially rain that has gathered on the ground): puddle
- an area of soft wet land: swamp, marsh, bog; adjectives: swampy, marshy, boggy
marshy land ◎ a boggy field
- a stream of water that falls down from a cliff or rock: waterfall
- an ornament (in a garden or in a town) that shoots a stream of water into the air: fountain
- a place where water comes up naturally from under the ground: spring
- a deep hole in the ground from which water is obtained: well
to draw water from a well
- a place in the desert where there is water and where plants grow: oasis (plural oases)
- (especially after heavy rain) a large amount of water that covers an area that is normally dry: flood
There have been terrible floods all over the country.
- to be filled with a very large amount of water: flood; to cause this to happen: flood sth
If the rain continues, the rivers will flood. ◎ Large areas of farmland have been flooded.
- when the amount of water (in a flood, for example) becomes less, the water subsides
After a few days, the floods subsided.
- a large lake where water is stored: reservoir
- a wall built across a river to hold back the water and form a lake or a reservoir: dam
- a machine that is used for forcing a gas or a liquid in a particular direction: pump
a water pump
- to force a gas or liquid to go in a particular direction: pump sth
Our drinking water is pumped directly from the river.
- to supply land and crops with water by means of pipes, channels, etc: irrigate sth; the system of supplying water in this way: irrigation (noun U)
irrigated land ◎ an irrigation channel
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- (used about an animal or plant) living in water: aquatic
aquatic plants