turbid

«turbid» in Mova's school dictionary: cloudy or muddy because it has mud, sand or other bits… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (turbid)

meaning for a pupil

1) Turbid water or liquid is cloudy or muddy because it has mud, sand or other bits stirred up in it. tree →

2) (formal) Turbid can also describe confused or unclear thoughts or writing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography it is used when testing water quality: turbid water lets less light through. Phrases: turbid water, a turbid river.

examples

• After the storm the river was turbid and brown. tree →
• We tested whether the pond water was clear or turbid. tree →
• Fish find it hard to see in turbid water. tree →
• The turbid water slowly cleared as the mud settled. tree →
• Filtering made the turbid sample clear. tree →
• The essay was turbid and hard to follow. tree →

note

Formal or science word; everyday words: cloudy, muddy, murky. Noun: turbidity. Do not confuse with turgid (swollen, or pompous) or torpid (sluggish).

In the corpora

• «Turbid» means muddy and cloudy; Kipling calls the Amazon «the turbid Amazon» again and again.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «turbid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.