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 ortransmitted bywater - 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Surely, they're aware of the -- the story that bin Laden was dead or had some kind of waterborne disease.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The next day in Pathein, a waterborne vegetable vendor waited for customers at a pier on the Pathein River.
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