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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#m1)

2) (formal) Turbid can also describe confused or unclear thoughts or writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#x1)
- We tested whether the pond water was clear or turbid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#x2)
- Fish find it hard to see in turbid water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#x3)
- The turbid water slowly cleared as the mud settled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#x4)
- Filtering made the turbid sample clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#x5)
- The essay was turbid and hard to follow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «turbid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turbid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.