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TAKE IN WATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does take in water mean?
• TAKE IN WATER (verb)
The verb TAKE IN WATER has 1 sense:
1. take in water at the bilge
Familiarity information: TAKE IN WATER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take in water at the bilge
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bilge; take in water
Context example:
the tanker bilged
Hypernyms (to "take in water" is one way to...):
leak (have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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