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ath-water, US branch water, Facetious Adam's ale, Technical or
Latin aqua; Technical heavy water or deuterium oxide or D2O;
Brit fizzy water: Pure water is odourless, tasteless, and
colourless. 2 not hold water. be illogical or unsound or
invalid, not be sensible, be inconsistent, not make sense, be
unbelievable or incredible, be indefensible, be unfeasible or
unworkable, not work, not function, not hold up under or bear
scrutiny or examination, not ring true, ring false, Colloq not
wash: Her account of her whereabouts that day just doesn't hold
water. 3 like water. lavishly, extravagantly, freely,
wastefully, profligately, open-handedly, liberally, excessively,
copiously, unstintingly, unreservedly: They've been spending
money like water since they won the football pools. 4 make
water. urinate, pass water, Colloq pee, piss: When a dog makes
water, it marks off a territory bounded by its scent. 5 of the
first water. of superior or excellent or first or top or A-one
or the finest or the highest or the best quality or grade;
first-grade, top-grade: These were not industrial stones but
diamonds of the first water.
--v. 6 inundate, flood, drench, saturate, soak, douse,
irrigate, hose, wet, shower, splash, spray, sprinkle, moisten,
damp, dampen, bedew: If you don't water the garden, the
vegetables will die. 7 Often, water down. dilute, weaken, thin
out, adulterate; cut; mollify, modify, soften, tone down,
qualify: We no longer go there because they water the drinks.
They told the children a watered-down version of what had
happened.
water-colour
n. aquarelle: John's water-colours sell as fast as he paints
them.
waterfall n. cascade, cataract, fall(s), chute, Niagara, No. Brit force,
Scots linn: In front of them, a waterfall tumbled down a
rock-face into a deep pool.
watertight
adj. 1 sealed, waterproof: The escape hatch has been made
watertight. 2 unassailable, impregnable, solid, airtight,
flawless, faultless, incontrovertible; without loopholes:
Landry has a watertight alibi for the night of the crime.