Meanings of prevents water in English

This prevents water from making contact with their skin and leaching away heat.

This balances pressure on the lake and prevents water rushing back up the borehole.

Petrolatum and emulsifying wax, meanwhile, have a smoothing effect, and mineral oil prevents water loss.

This, by gradually exuding over the skin, prevents water from penetrating and injuring its texture.

This is because it is covered with a waxy coating which prevents water loss through evaporation.

The ship floats because it prevents water from getting inside and makes it overall effective density less than water.

The rapid removal of steam with a fan prevents water droplets forming in the bathroom or escaping and condensing in colder rooms in the house.

If an obstacle-suchas a dam or a levee-preventswater from flowing where gravity would send it, then the water's mass and potential energy builds.