/waw"teuhr bawrn', -bohrn', wot"euhr-/ , adj.
1. floating or moving on water; supported by water: The ship was waterborne ten months after the keel was laid.
2. transported by ship or boat: waterborne commerce.
3. communicated by water, esp. drinking water: waterborne diseases.
[ 1550-60; WATER + BORNE ]