What is another word for waters?

Pronunciation: [wˈɔːtəz] (IPA)

Waters refer to bodies of water such as oceans, seas, rivers, lakes or any other water source. The word 'aquatic resources' can be used as a synonym for 'waters' to encompass all water resources including marine life and plants that depend on the water for existence. Other synonyms of 'waters' include: liquid, aqueous solution, H2O, hydrosphere, maritime resources, and blue gold. In addition, 'fluids' also refers to the same resource, as it is the state in which bodies of water exist. Different languages have specific words for the synonym of 'waters,' and variations of context could trigger a distinct synonym to be used.

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Usage examples for Waters

But there is that in the appearance and manner of Jesus that quickens the man's attention, and makes him wonder whether He will not perhaps stand by him and help him at the next moving of the waters.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Judge Barton's gaze was fixed on the vague moving mass of waters before them, but Charlotte fancied she could detect a tense interest in her answer.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
We had moved with the entire mass that covered the Polar waters.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Waters

  • But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
    Tom Allen
  • Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.
    William Henry Ashley
  • People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
    James A. Baldwin
  • Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.
    Thomas Becket
  • He gave us the lakes for our Northern boundary, and the rivers stretching to the seas upon whose waters floats our commerce to the nations of the world; while man has done all that can be done by science to bind us together.
    John Brough

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