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watery adj. 1 weak, dilute(d), watered down, tasteless, insipid,
flavourless, bland, flat, dull, thin, runny, pallid, anaemic,
Colloq wishy-washy: He asked me in, then gave me some watery
tea to drink. 2 weeping, teary, tearful, running, weepy,
lachrymose, rheumy: The child looked up at him with watery eyes
and then collapsed, sobbing. 3 wet, swampy, boggy, marshy,
aqueous, squelchy; soggy, moist, damp, humid; Colloq squushy or
squooshy: It took days to make our way across that watery plain
to the high ground.
wave n. 1 swell, undulation, billow, sea, heave, roller, whitecap,
white horse; ripple, wavelet, breaker, comber: A huge wave
tossed me up on the beach. 2 surge, swell, welling up, ground
swell, movement, flood, upsurge, uprising, current, tide: The
period is marked by a wave of materialism and greed that swamped
all morality and integrity. 3 signal, sign, gesticulation,
gesture: Was his wave intended for you or for me?
--v. 4 undulate, billow, move to and fro, flap, flutter,
quiver, flip-flop, swing, sway, ripple, oscillate, zigzag,
fluctuate, shake; wag, whiffle, wigwag, wiggle, waggle,
brandish: The streamer waved slowly in the quickening breeze.
Stop waving that knife at me! 5 signal, sign, indicate, signify;
gesture, gesticulate: Hazel waved goodbye from the train.
way n. 1 manner, method, mode, fashion, means, system, course (of
action), procedure, approach, scheme, technique, practice, modus
operandi, Colloq MO (= 'modus operandi'): That's no way to talk
to your mother! We have ways of making you talk. Is that any way
to treat a lady?! It's the wrong way to deal with the problem. 2
manner, spirit, feeling, sense, character, approach,
personality, temperament, disposition, modus vivendi (=
'lifestyle'), nature, technique, style, conduct, habit,
behaviour pattern, custom: He has such a pleasant way about
him. Lucinda certainly has a way with children and dogs. You
city people may not approve of our down-to-earth country ways. 3
path, road, street, avenue, course, route, trail, direction:
Show me the way to go home. The way to the village lies through
dark woods. 4 distance; route, trail, course, road: You've come
a long way since we last met. 5 progress, passage, advance,
headway; speed, velocity, motion, (forward) movement: We made
our way to the front of the crowd. Who has the right of way at
the crossing? The tide was too strong for us to get any way on.