water

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vatten, vätur, vattna, ge vatten, kasta vatten, späda ut

  1. (countable) A serving of liquid water.

  2. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.

  3. (poetic, archaic, or, dialectal) A body of water, almost always a river, sometimes a lake or reservoir, especially in the names given to such bodies.

  4. Urine. [from 15th c.]

  5. (uncountable) An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

  6. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).

  7. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

  8. (transitive) To dilute.

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