slovo | definícia |
watery (encz) | watery,vodnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
watery (encz) | watery,vodový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Watery (gcide) | Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. waeterig.]
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1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The
watery god." --Dryden. "Fish within their watery
residence." --Milton.
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2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
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3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as,
watery humors.
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The oily and watery parts of the aliment.
--Arbuthnot.
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4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid;
tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
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watery (wn) | watery
adj 1: filled with water; "watery soil"
2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears;
"wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking, watery]
3: relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery
substance"; "a watery color"
4: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak] |
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watery-eyed (encz) | watery-eyed, adj: |
Unwatery (gcide) | Unwatery \Unwatery\
See watery. |
Watery (gcide) | Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. waeterig.]
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1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The
watery god." --Dryden. "Fish within their watery
residence." --Milton.
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2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
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3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as,
watery humors.
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The oily and watery parts of the aliment.
--Arbuthnot.
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4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid;
tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
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Watery fusion (gcide) | Fusion \Fu"sion\, n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour,
melt: cf. F. fusion. See Fuse, v. t., aud cf, Foison.]
1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by
heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of
metals.
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2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of
fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in
fusion.
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3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted
together.
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The universal fusion of races, languages, and
customs . . .
had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. --C.
Kingsley.
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Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by
heat in their own water of crystallization.
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4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts
or tissues.
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watery-eyed (wn) | watery-eyed
adj 1: with eyes full of tears [syn: teary, teary-eyed,
watery-eyed] |
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