MEANING
Smoothed, rounded, or eroded by the action of water.
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Words that belong together
- waterworn stones
- waterworn rock
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She picked a waterworn stone from the shallows.
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Word forms
- Base
- waterworn
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.
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