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make foul water

make foul water verb: to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.

Verb

make foul water (third-person singular simple present makes foul water, present participle making foul water, simple past and past participle made foul water)

  1. To sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.

Forms of make foul water

third-person singular presentmakes foul water
present participlemaking foul water
past participlemade foul water
pastmade foul water

Questions about make foul water

What does make foul water mean?
Make foul water means to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
What part of speech is make foul water?
Make foul water is a verb.
What is the past tense of make foul water?
The past tense of make foul water is made foul water.

Words near make foul water in the dictionary

  1. make file
  2. make files
  3. make fish of one and flesh of another
  4. make fish of one and fowl of another
  5. make for
  6. make foul water
  7. make free of
  8. make free with
  9. make friendly
  10. make friends
  11. make fun of

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