vatten — meaning in English

English meaning

• lake noun A large body of water surrounded by land.
• Water noun The clear liquid (H2O) that falls as rain and fills rivers, lakes, and seas, essential to all known life.

Senses

vatten is used for these senses in English:

• deep water Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.
• deep water (idiomatic) A difficult or embarrassing situation.
• lake (now, chiefly, dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
• water (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.

lake — full definition

1. noun A large body of water surrounded by land.
2. noun A large quantity of a liquid, used loosely or figuratively.

Water — full definition

1. noun The clear liquid (H2O) that falls as rain and fills rivers, lakes, and seas, essential to all known life.
2. noun A body of water, such as a sea, lake, or river.
3. verb To supply plants, animals, or soil with water.
4. verb To produce tears or saliva, often as an involuntary reaction.

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