make foul water

verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person makes foul water · participle present making foul water · participle past made foul water · past made foul water

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