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.

Origin of still water

First recorded in 1620–30

Words nearby still water

still life, still pack, still room, still small voice, still trailer, still water, still waters run deep, still wine, still's disease, still's murmur, still-hunt

Example sentences from the Web for still water

  • One should be such an original as that still-water Steftsia to insist, unless from malice, that he was an insufferable puppet.

    Children of the Soil |Henryk Sienkiewicz