WATERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Waters mean? 

• WATERS (noun)
  The noun WATERS has 2 senses:

1. United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

2. the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion

  Familiarity information: WATERS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ethel Waters; Waters

Instance hypernyms:

actress (a female actor)

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

amnionic fluid; amniotic fluid; waters

Context example:

before a woman gives birth her waters break

Hypernyms ("waters" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("waters" is a part of...):

amniotic cavity (the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo)

 Context examples 

Poor Harry Jekyll, he thought, my mind misgives me he is in deep waters!

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now, I pray you, Alleyne, if a man were to take a ship and spread sail across yonder waters, where might he hope to arrive?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was exceedingly dry, so I lay down and took a long draught of its waters, which were fresh and cold.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Much of it ends up in the waters through human and animal waste because only small amounts are filtered out in treatment plants or absorbed into the ecosystem.

(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)

Ah! that's a great pity; for I assure you, Miss Woodhouse, where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Again and again I have heard the roar of the guns coming from far out over the waters.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“These are very deep waters,” said he; “pray go on with your narrative.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also, he has told me that the waters of this lake be salt, which is a strange thing and beyond understanding.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Our young friend seems to be getting into deep waters,” said Holmes, thoughtfully, as he finished the letter.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Overfishing the waters near coral reefs, however, removes the primary algae-eaters from the environment, allowing populations of fleshy algae to explode.

(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)