open water
In a river, pond, or other small body of water, an area of surface unobstructed by aquatic vegetation, boulders, and the like, adequate for navigation or swimming.
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Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Summer Olympics Marathon Swimming - 10 kilometres Open Water, Men 🥇: Ferry Weertman (Netherlands) 🥈: Spyros Gianniotis (Greece) 🥉: Marc-Antoine Olivier (France)
This and i’m dead serious, too. I quite literally hate the idea of being stuck on a boat w/ any large number of ppl, esp in open water. I will pass on the option every time.
He’s cracking one last one off before he hits open water…
Put down your cellphone! You are thrashing in open water trying not to drown but the freaking the fuck out will get you nowhere!
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: 🎵 Open Water #KingGizzard #TheLizardWizard ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
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In a river, pond, or other small body of water, an area of surface unobstructed by aquatic vegetation, boulders, and the like, adequate for navigation or swimming.
“He’s cracking one last one off before he hits open water…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Put down your cellphone! You are thrashing in open water trying not to drown but the freaking the fuck out will get you nowhere!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: 🎵 Open Water #KingGizzard #TheLizardWizard ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They got that last one on open water, on the move(!!!) Damn!”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Open Water” King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, Canada) An area of an ocean, sea, lake, or river which is not covered by ice.
: At the end of June, James Bay was generally open water except for loose ice persisting over its northwestern section.
“Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Summer Olympics Marathon Swimming - 10 kilometres Open Water, Men 🥇: Ferry Weertman (Netherlands) 🥈: Spyros Gianniotis (Greece) 🥉: Marc-Antoine Olivier (France)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This and i’m dead serious, too. I quite literally hate the idea of being stuck on a boat w/ any large number of ppl, esp in open water. I will pass on the option every time.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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An expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions.
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