Microphone vs Water - What's the difference?
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A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or broadcast.
* 1965 : Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964 ,
* 1967 : Roderick MacLeish, The Sun Stood Still ,
* 2002 : Laura Lippman, In a Strange City ,
* 2005 : Tom Stanton, Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America ,
* 2006 : Tim Miller and Glen Johnson, 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels ,
* 2009 : Caroline B. Cooney, If the Witness Lied ,
To put one or more on or in.
(uncountable) A chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula H?O, required by all forms of life on Earth.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= # (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this chemical; liquid H?O.
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, title= # (countable) A serving of water.
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(obsolete) Ancient philosophy.
# (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
# One of the five basic elements (see ).
(often, in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
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, title= A combination of water and other substance(s).
# (sometimes, countable) Mineral water.
# (countable, often, in the plural) Spa water.
# (pharmacy) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance.
# Urine.
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# Amniotic fluid; used in the plural in the UK and in singular in North America.
# (colloquial, medicine) Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
(figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
(colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
(uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
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The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
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To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
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To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
To get or take in water.
(colloquial) To urinate onto.
To dilute.
(transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
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To fill with or secrete water.
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
As nouns the difference between microphone and water
is that microphone is microphone while water is (uncountable) a chemical, found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid, having the formula h₂o, required by all forms of life on earth.As a verb water is
to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).microphone
English
(wikipedia microphone)Noun
(en noun)page 11(Morrow)
- Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
page 41(Atheneum)
- Above them, speaking over a steel garden of microphones , the agitator sweated and scowled out into the darkening street.
page 71(HarperCollins; ISBN 0380810239, 9780380810239)
- […] between the huge Depression-era horses on the plaza opposite City Hall — and Rainer was completely focused on them as they moved toward the podium and the little garden of microphones that had sprouted there. The Hilliards walked stiffly, as if they had been in a car accident.
page 177(HarperCollins; ISBN 0060722908, 9780060722906)
- Aaron perched himself on a wooden folding chair behind a garden of microphones and beamed as he answered questions. Sure, he was disappointed.
page 109] ([http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4283.htm University of Wisconsin Press; ISBN 9780299216900, 9780299216948)
- Walking back down the marble stairs, which now felt more like I was leaving Principal Lambas’s office than the Forum in Rome, Holly, Karen, and I made our way to a garden of microphones for the press conference. I was dreading having to say something.
page 53(Random House Children’s Books; ISBN 0385734484, 9780385734486)
- […] garden of microphones , which stuck up like metal flowers in her face.
Usage notes
* The collective noun for several microphones (such as can be observed at a press conference) is (term).Synonyms
* (transducer of sound waves to electricity) mic, mikeVerb
(microphon)Synonyms
* mike, mike up, bug (if covert), wire upAnagrams
* ----water
Noun
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- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
- A water' drop placed on the surface of ice can either spread or form a lens depending on the properties of the three phases involved in wetting, i.e., on the properties of the ice, ' water , and gas phases.
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Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "water")Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * (basic elements) earth, air/wind, fire; wood, metal; void/etherHypernyms
* chemical, substance * liquid, fluid * (basic elements) element * (urine) body fluid, bodily fluid, biofluidHyponyms
* heavy water; ice, steam, water vapor/water vapour * mineral water; hard water, soft waterMeronyms
* hydrogen, oxygenDerived terms
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Verb
(en verb)- tears watering the ground
- Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands.
- I need to go water the cattle .
- The ship put into port to water .
- Nature called, so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree.
- Can you water the whisky, please?
- Chopping onions makes my eyes water .
- The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water .
- to water silk
