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SLACK WATER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide

Synonyms:

slack tide; slack water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("slack water" is a kind of...):

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stretch of water without current or movement

Example:

suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless

Synonyms:

slack; slack water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("slack water" is a kind of...):

stretch (a large and unbroken expanse or distance)

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