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Meanings of stagnant water in English

Russian
стоячая вода
Portuguese
água estagnada
Spanish
agua estancada

Stagnation of water.

        стоячая вода
        Usage of stagnant water in English
        1
        Residents have taken to drinking stagnant water, increasing the risk of Cholera.
        The South African
        2
        Mosquitoes multiply 100 times faster in stagnant water collecting in waste tires.
        The South African
        3
        The confused transformations which work in stagnant water are difficult to study.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
        4
        I waded down into the shallow, stagnant water and inspected the cover.
        Mob rules
        5
        Behind them was a broad ring of stagnant water covered with duckweed.
        Combed Out
        6
        Owen was soaking wet, and he could still smell the stagnant water.
        Something in the water
        7
        If flooding persists, stagnant water could delay sowing or damage early rice shoots.
        Reuters
        8
        Retting in stagnant water is the method usually employed in Ireland and Russia.
        Textiles and Clothing
        9
        Hendricks fell into the steaming stagnant water, and it wasn't water at all.
        Wizard and glass
        10
        Authorities also distributed anti-malaria tablets and sprayed insecticide over stagnant water.
        Reuters
        11
        Puddles of lukewarm stagnant water of dubious provenance on the floor.
        The Guardian
        12
        Like bacteria in stagnant water, the scourge is allowed to multiply.
        The South African
        13
        It is spread by drinking unboiled stagnant water containing the larvae.
        Reuters
        14
        The remainder of the untouched beer was now as so much stagnant water.
        Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
        15
        I found a puddle of stagnant water and lapped it up.
        Spirit of the Wolves
        16
        Fetid exhalations arise continually from the stagnant water of this lagoon.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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