Naiads is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Naiads meaning
plural of naiad
Using Naiads
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of naiad
Context around Naiads
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Naiads
- In this selection, "naiads" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nereids and oceanids stand out and add context to how "naiads" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include lists of naiads oceanids dryades and naiads can forcefully. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "naiads" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with naiads
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For lists of Naiads, Oceanids, Dryades etc. see respective articles. (10 words)
Naiads can forcefully expel a jet of water to propel themselves with great rapidity. (14 words)
A clutch may have as many as 1500 eggs, and they take about a week to hatch into aquatic nymphs or naiads which moult between six and 15 times (depending on species) as they grow. (35 words)
The Cyclopes, usually children of Gods (Olympians) and nature spirits (nereids, naiads and dryads), are also compared to giants due to their huge size (Polyphemus, son of Poseidon and Thoosa, and nemesis of Odysseus, comes to mind). (37 words)
A clutch may have as many as 1500 eggs, and they take about a week to hatch into aquatic nymphs or naiads which moult between six and 15 times (depending on species) as they grow. (35 words)
Naiads can forcefully expel a jet of water to propel themselves with great rapidity. (14 words)
Example sentences (4)
A clutch may have as many as 1500 eggs, and they take about a week to hatch into aquatic nymphs or naiads which moult between six and 15 times (depending on species) as they grow.
For lists of Naiads, Oceanids, Dryades etc. see respective articles.
Naiads can forcefully expel a jet of water to propel themselves with great rapidity.
The Cyclopes, usually children of Gods (Olympians) and nature spirits (nereids, naiads and dryads), are also compared to giants due to their huge size (Polyphemus, son of Poseidon and Thoosa, and nemesis of Odysseus, comes to mind).