still water
a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
Origin of still water
1Words Nearby still water
Other definitions for Stillwater (2 of 2)
a city in N Oklahoma.
a town in E Minnesota.
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How to use still water in a sentence
Over the course of a week, he traveled from Oklahoma City to Tulsa and Stillwater, hanging out with oil workers and executives, embedding himself as much as he could, and reporting his impressions back to Bidegain and Debre.
In ‘Stillwater,’ Tom McCarthy questions America’s moral authority through the lens of a red-state hero | Ann Hornaday | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostSurface tension allows water striders, for instance, to skate along the top of still waters.
Some beetles walk along the underside of the water’s surface | Jake Buehler | July 29, 2021 | Science News For StudentsSurface tension allows for insects like water striders to skate along the top of still waters, for example.
These beetles walk on water, upside down, underneath the surface | Jake Buehler | June 28, 2021 | Science NewsCrawfish and fish, he notes, don’t naturally inhabit the small containers of still water where Ae.
The U.S.’s first open-air genetically modified mosquitoes have taken flight | Susan Milius | May 14, 2021 | Science NewsMatt Damon takes the lead in this crime drama, Stillwater, written and directed by Spotlight filmmaker Tom McCarthy.
The gun-boats just above are the Princeton, the Champlain, the still water and the Erie.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTstill water runs deep, they say; and a glacial cap may conceal subterranean fires.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThey were now skirting the borders of the lake, and their bright dresses were reflected like painted shadows in the still water.
The Rake's Progress | Marjorie BowenThe steamer is anchored close up to the bank and not a sound comes from the still water.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonOne is the comparative absence of running or still water, except in the height of the rainy season, away from the large rivers.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieThe boat slid over a little belt of still water through a wilderness of tall reeds.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
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