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still water
noun
- a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of still water1
First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences
The gun-boats just above are the Princeton, the Champlain, the Still Water and the Erie.
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Still water runs deep, they say; and a glacial cap may conceal subterranean fires.
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They were now skirting the borders of the lake, and their bright dresses were reflected like painted shadows in the still water.
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The steamer is anchored close up to the bank and not a sound comes from the still water.
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One is the comparative absence of running or still water, except in the height of the rainy season, away from the large rivers.
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The boat slid over a little belt of still water through a wilderness of tall reeds.
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