Waters

[waw-terz, wot-erz]

noun

1. Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.

2. Muddy McKinley Morganfield, 1915–83, U.S. blues singer and musician.

waters

¹

plural noun

1. any body of sea, or seas regarded as sharing some common quality

   Irish territorial waters

   uncharted tropical waters

2. physiol (sometimes singular) the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb

Waters

²

/ ˈwɔːtəz /

noun

1. Muddy, real name McKinley Morganfield. 1915–83, US blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His songs include "Rollin' Stone" (1948) and "Got my Mojo Working" (1954)

Example Sentences

Because you work so hard to be on that stage and then, as Roger Waters so aptly describes in “The Wall,” you find yourself having a surrealist experience on that same stage.

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As a young mother and policy analyst working remotely for conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, 28-year-old Emma Waters is both living and researching the seasons approach.

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Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin on Monday announced a revamp of the Waters of the United States rule—its fourth major revision in a decade.

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For its part, Nestle Waters welcomed the ruling, saying it confirmed that "the food safety of Source Perrier natural mineral waters has always been guaranteed".

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Waters said in a TV interview that the news media “won’t be able to call us the ‘murder capital of Florida’ anymore.”

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