still water

noun

1. a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.

Word History and Origins

Origin of still water¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

Surface tension allows water striders, for instance, to skate along the top of still waters.

From Science News For Students

Surface tension allows for insects like water striders to skate along the top of still waters, for example.

From Science News

Crawfish and fish, he notes, don’t naturally inhabit the small containers of still water where Ae.

From Science News

Matt Damon takes the lead in this crime drama, Stillwater, written and directed by Spotlight filmmaker Tom McCarthy.

From Time

The gun-boats just above are the Princeton, the Champlain, the Still Water and the Erie.

From The Daily Beast

Still water runs deep, they say; and a glacial cap may conceal subterranean fires.

From Project Gutenberg

They were now skirting the borders of the lake, and their bright dresses were reflected like painted shadows in the still water.

From Project Gutenberg

The steamer is anchored close up to the bank and not a sound comes from the still water.

From Project Gutenberg

One is the comparative absence of running or still water, except in the height of the rainy season, away from the large rivers.

From Project Gutenberg

The boat slid over a little belt of still water through a wilderness of tall reeds.

From Project Gutenberg