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I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial.
Chris Robinson

Meaning of "water down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Water down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES WATER DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of water down in the English dictionary

The definition of water down in the dictionary is to dilute or weaken with water. Other definition of water down is to modify or adulterate, esp so as to omit anything harsh, unpleasant, or offensive.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER DOWN

water closet
water cooler
water cracker
water crake
water crowfoot
water cure
water cycle
water diviner
water divining
water dog
water dropwort
water feature
water filter
water flea
water fountain
water gap
water gas
water gate
water gauge
water glass

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of water down in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «water down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER DOWN

Find out the translation of water down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of water down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «water down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

淡化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abajo agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी के नीचे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسفل المياه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вода вниз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

baixo de água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরল করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baisse de l´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Air ke bawah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwässern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水ダウン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

물 아래로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banyu mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீர் கீழே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणी खाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sulandırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diluire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

woda w dół
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вода вниз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de apă în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάτω από το νερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vatten ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vann ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of water down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER DOWN»

The term «water down» is regularly used and occupies the 77.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER DOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water down

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QUOTES WITH «WATER DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word water down.
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Chris Robinson
I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER DOWN»

Discover the use of water down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to water down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Water up, water down: the hydrologic cycle
Describes the hydrologic cycle and its importance to life on Earth.
Sally M. Walker, 1992
2
Gardening Down-Under: A Guide to Healthier Soils and Plants
... for a sand. It will have taken no more than a few hours for the water to finish draining down through the sand. Drainage down into a clay soil would have taken a few days. FIELD CAPACITY When the main drainage of water down into a soil ...
Kevin Handreck, 2001
3
Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William ...
... inches in diameter, conducts the water down from this high head, and has at its end a nozzle like that of a fire engine, only larger. Now, this stream of water, heavy and issuing with enormous force from the great pressure of so high a head of ...
William Henry Brewer, Francis Peloubet Farquhar, 2003
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A Brief Account of the Shaws Water Scheme and Present State ...
IV. i The Sluice or Sluices, for letting the Mill Water down this Line, shall be opened and shut by a person appointed and paid by the Company, at the regular hours of setting on or off the Mills, namely — To be opened every lawful day, ( with the ...
‎1829
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Fresh Water
Two forces are pulling the water down: gravity and the suction of the dry soil which, in this case, pulls downward as well. If the soil is sodden with water, the force of gravity is far greater than that of suction. In comparatively dry soil the opposite ...
E. C. Pielou, 1998
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Glossary of terms used in the coal-mining districts of South ...
Water down fifty-nine feet below the vein ; changed bucket ; eight hours' stop, during which time the water rose four feet. 24th November. — Changed bucket ; eight hours' stop ; water rose four feet. 26th November. — Changed bucket ; eight  ...
William Fairley (F.S.S.), 1868
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A manual of domestic Medicine and Surgery: with a glossary ...
pint of distilled water, down to a pint, and strain; then add 7 fluid ounces of compound tincture of cardamom. (b) Therapeutical ejects—Stomachic, stimulant, aperient; acting chiefly on the lower bowels. (See ALOES.) (a) Used in dyspepsia , ...
John Henry WALSH, 1858
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Wintu Texts
13. yo-laton me - m ke-nas, yola ke-n mem kento-n snow snow water down snow down water down yo-la biyar. 14. honda kiki. 15. memto-n Kol£ut kikiton snow being long frozen water cold frozen honda biya ^ukin mem ken. 16. ke-n ^ukin ...
Alice Shepherd, 1989
9
Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Flushes of water down the Canadian River reach velocities of as much as 15 miles an hour, and a scouring of the sandy bottom is quite common at bridge crossings. In fact, the river bottom may go down more than the river surface comes up.
10
Geology, petroleum development, and seismicity of the Santa ...
Pumping sea water down the drill pipe was continued during the night of February 5, and part of the day of February 6, while assembling and hooking up additional HOWCO pumping units on the platform and waiting on a mud barge with an ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1969

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term water down is used in the context of the following news items.
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West Hollywood water main break gushes 9600 gallons of water per …
A water main break on a 36-inch pipe in West Hollywood on Friday afternoon sent torrents of muddy water down Sunset Strip, prompting a series of street ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»
2
Pipe break puts 20 million gallons of water down the drain during …
Water flows into a parking structure at UCLA after a ruptured 93-year-old water main left the Los Angeles campus awash in millions of gallons of water in the ... «Canada.com, Jul 14»
3
State Will No Longer Send Water Down From Northern Calif.
In the latest move by officials, the State Water Project announced Friday that it won't send any more water down from Northern California, something that hasn't ... «CBS Local, Feb 14»

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