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WATERY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overly diluted; thin and insipid
Example:
weak tea
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
dilute; diluted (reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity)
Derivation:
wateriness (the property of resembling the viscosity of water)
wateriness (meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling or consisting of water
Example:
a watery color
Classified under:
Similar:
liquid (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow)
Derivation:
water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
wateriness (the property of resembling the viscosity of water)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
Example:
wiped his reeking neck
Synonyms:
reeking; watery
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Derivation:
wateriness (the property of resembling the viscosity of water)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Filled with water
Example:
watery soil
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Derivation:
water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
wateriness (the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water)
Context examples:
He saw me; for the moon had opened a blue field in the sky, and rode in it watery bright: he took his hat off, and waved it round his head.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
As we reached it the fog was lifting, and a thin, watery sunshine was breaking through.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His eyes, which were of a peculiarly light, watery grey, seemed to always retain that far-away, introspective look which I had only observed in Sherlock’s when he was exerting his full powers.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Human herpesvirus 2 is found in humans and causes genital herpes in the form of watery blisters.
(Human Herpesvirus 2, NCI Thesaurus)
Diarrhea means that you have loose, watery stools more than three times in one day.
(Diarrhea, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
His face was swollen and coarse, and his watery protruding eyes spoke of a life which never wandered very far from the wine-pot.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Suddenly and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The watery fluid which is present in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye.
(Aqueous Humor, NCI Thesaurus)
The clear, watery fluid which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye.
(Aqueous Humor, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A substance used to treat diarrhea (frequent and watery bowel movements).
(Antidiarrheal, NCI Dictionary)
