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make foul water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
make -foul wa-ter
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Inflected Forms

makes foul water (present, singular) making foul water (participle, present) made foul water (participle, past) made foul water (past)

Questions

What does make foul water mean?
To sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.

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