Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Floating on or supported by water; afloat.
  • adjective Transported by water.
  • adjective Transmitted in water.

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  • adjective transported or transmitted by water
  • adjective floating on the water; afloat

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective transported by water
  • adjective supported by water

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Examples

  • But if a source close to Saudi intelligence is correct and bin Laden has a so-called waterborne illness, experts say that could mean typhoid fever, dysentery, possibly E. coli, all potentially fatal but also recoverable.

    CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2006 2006

  • But if a source close to Saudi intelligence is correct and bin Laden has a so-called waterborne illness, experts say that could mean typhoid fever, dysentery, possibly E. coli, all potentially fatal but also recoverable.

    CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2006 2006

  • But if a source close to Saudi intelligence is correct, and bin Laden has a so-called waterborne illness, experts say that could mean typhoid fever, dysentery, possibly E. coli, all potentially fatal but also recoverable.

    CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2006 2006

  • Water-based wood finishes, such as waterborne urethane or acrylic, also have decreased toxic compounds, but still provide comparable durability to their standard counterparts.

    GREEN BUILDING 101: Materials & Resources, Part II | Inhabitat 2006

  • Surely, they're aware of the -- the story that bin Laden was dead or had some kind of waterborne disease.

    CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2006 2006

  • A Saudi intelligence source tells CNN of recent credible reports that bin Laden is sick with some kind of waterborne disease, but that he is not dead.

    CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2006 2006

  • But anyway, he’s cruising around and he runs afoul of the Smokers, a kind of waterborne gang that deals in mechanized ocean craft, ultraviolence, mayhem, and their universal adulation of “Saint Joe”, otherwise known as Captain Joseph Hazelwood.

    Feeding Online Review–Just Try and Understand It! 2009

  • Mr. Neutrino continued his waterborne ways, planning but not following through on a float to China.

    Unmoored on Land, an Adventurer at Sea Stephen Miller 2011

  • Thousands would flock to the ship looking for solutions to debilitating problems: enormous tumors, cleft lips and palates, flesh eaten by bacteria from waterborne diseases.

    The Power Of Storytelling: What Nonprofits Can Teach The Private Sector About Social Media 2011

  • Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The next day in Pathein, a waterborne vegetable vendor waited for customers at a pier on the Pathein River.

    Southeast Asia in Pictures 2012

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