What is water?

Answer 1

two parts H one part O

Answer 2

Might as well ask "what is a thing," endless answers are possible, and make sense, but they disagree with each other. An example would be "water is two hydrogen and one oxygen atom" you could also say "water is two y's and one x", thus you could say "water is five" or "water is clear" and all these answers would be right, but no one can actually get to the bottom of any part of being because no one knows how begin the primary philosophy (metaphysics)

Answer 3

A mixture of two elements (Hydrogen and Oxygen) that make up 90% of the earth and 70% of our bodies. Something that can be a solid (ice) a liquid (Water) or even a gas(steam/water vapor).

A very important and essential part of existence.

Answer 4

Water is a tasteless, odorless sticky substance made of a three part compound of one atom of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen. In its natural state, it can be a solid, liquid or gas.

Answer 5

Water is a form of two atom of hydorgen and one atom of oxygen.
Water is a universal solvent.
Water is a standard liquid.
Water is a covalent bond formation of O with H and H. and partial positive H+ charge and partial negative OH- charge

Answer 6

Look on an element chart! H2O- hydrogen atoms GET THE GROVE ON WITH OXYGEN ATOMS A WA LA, WATER!

Answer 7

H2o

meaning hydrogen 2, and oxygen 1.

Answer 8

Dihydrogen Monoxide

Answer 9

Water is a tasteless, odorless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the universal solvent.

Answer 10

wa·ter audio (wôtr, wtr) KEY

NOUN:

1. A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C) 1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
2.
1. Any of various forms of water: waste water.
2. Naturally occurring mineral water, as at a spa. Often used in the plural.
3.
1. A body of water such as a sea, lake, river, or stream.
2. waters A particular stretch of sea or ocean, especially that of a state or country: escorted out of British waters.
4.
1. A supply of water: had to turn off the water while repairing the broken drain.
2. A water supply system.
5.
1. Any of the fluids normally secreted from the body, such as urine, perspiration, tears, or saliva.
2. A fluid present in a body part in abnormal quantities as a result of injury or disease: water on the knee.
3. The fluid surrounding a fetus in the uterus; amniotic fluid.
6. An aqueous solution of a substance, especially a gas: ammonia water.
7. A wavy finish or sheen, as of a fabric or metal.
8.
1. The valuation of the assets of a business firm beyond their real value.
2. Stock issued in excess of paid-in capital.
9.
1. The transparency and luster of a gem.
2. A level of excellence.

VERB:
wa·tered , wa·ter·ing , wa·ters
VERB:
tr.

1. To pour or sprinkle water on; make wet: watered the garden.
2.
1. To give drinking water to.
2. To lead (an animal) to drinking water.
3. To dilute or weaken by adding water: a bar serving whiskey that had been watered.
4. To give a sheen to the surface of (silk, linen, or metal).
5. To increase (the number of shares of stock) without increasing the value of the assets represented.
6. To irrigate (land).

VERB:
intr.

1. To produce or discharge fluid, as from the eyes.
2. To salivate in anticipation of food: The wonderful aroma from the kitchen makes my mouth water.
3. To take on a supply of water, as a ship.
4. To drink water, as an animal.


PHRASAL VERB:
water down

To reduce the strength or effectiveness of: "It seemed clear by late autumn that the ban would be significantly watered down or removed altogether before the trade bill became law" (George R. Packard).


IDIOMS:
above water

Out of difficulty or trouble.

water under the bridge

A past occurrence, especially something unfortunate, that cannot be undone or rectified: All that is now just water under the bridge.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English wæter; see wed- 1 in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
water·er (Noun)

WORD HISTORY:
Water is wet, even etymologically. The Indo-European root of water is *wed-, "wet." This root could appear in several guiseswith the vowel e, as here, or as *wod-, or with no vowel between the w and d, yielding *ud-. All three forms of the root appear in English either in native or in borrowed words. From a form with a long e, *wd-, which by Grimm's Law became *wt- in Germanic, we have Old English wt, "wet," which became modern English wet. The form *wod-, in a suffixed form *wod-r, became *watar in Germanic and eventually water in modern English. From the form *ud- the Greeks got their word for water, hud-r, the source of our prefix hydro- and related words like hydrant. The suffixes *-r and *-ros added to the form *ud- yielded the Greek word hudr, "water snake" (borrowed into English as hydra), and the Germanic word *otraz, the source of our word otter, the water animal.

Answer 11

Water is a substance, I mean an elixir of life. You can see it in lakes, ponds and seas. You can see it pouring out of taps and you can see it when rain comes.
Water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.