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Meanings of naiad in English
Catalan
nàiade Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water.
Synonyms
Examples for "water nymph"
Examples for "water nymph"
1
The water nymph had sunk down into a puddle after my first try.
2
Edith was to have danced in the pale greens of a water nymph.
3
Sides were taken, some for, others against, the ankle of the water nymph.
4
A faun, a water nymph, some figure to symbolize the spirit of the place.
5
You knew my father was a river god and that I am a water nymph.
Usage of naiad in English
1
Are you the guardian mermaid, or naiad or dryad, of this beach?
2
Two others heard him-Wulfeand the naiad who guarded the spring.
3
She was on the defensive, ready for headlong flight, like a naiad startled.
4
Marry me, and I will make you the happiest naiad in the universe.
5
The effect was of a cool, tall, distinctly superior naiad.
6
Where else should I look for a naiad but in front of a water-splash?
7
Many the time has she sprung from that projecting point to swim, naiad-like, underneath it.
8
Willy Snyders called her a naiad, Ritter a moth.
9
I might imagine myself "a nymph, a naiad, or a grace."
10
Now, in the light of the patrolman's flare, he finally glimpsed a vision of my naiad.
11
No naiad haunts the rushy margin of our lakes, or hallows with her presence our forest-rills.
12
Surrounded by her followers, Lady Rosamond appeared as a naiad holding revel with her sylvan subjects.
13
Having pocketed a queen for himself, he need not have encroached so keenly on my personal naiad.
14
I confessed somewhat hoarsely that I had never been out on the town with a naiad before.
15
She looked very pretty doing it, like a naiad or dryad scrubbing away at her forest toilet.
16
Bold the difference between a naiad and a dryad, and dilated on vases and the shapes of urns.
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