How does pressure change as you go deeper into the water?

If enough pressure is put on water and it has nowhere to go, will it be like pressing on a solid?

• i thought about this when i saw a car hit a hole full of water. if the tire pressed down on the water, but covered the whole top of the hole and the water couldn't go anywhere, would it be like pressing down on a solid?obviously this didn't happen to that car, the water splashed everywhere. but if whatever was pressing down on the water really did take up all the space above the water and kept pressing down with no space around the sides, would the object pressing down stop?

• Answer:

  Water, and in fact most liquids, cannot be compressed. Although it flows, if there is nowhere to go it acts like a solid. What you are describing is similar to a phenomenon called "hydro planing." When you drive on a wet surface too fast the water cannot be pushed out of the way fast enough and forms a cushion between the tire and the road. The result is total loss of traction. Hydraulic lifts and jacks use the same principle: the hydraulic fluid is pumped into a cylinder and causes it to move, since the fluid cannot be compressed.