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# placid

adjective (placid; more placid, most placid)

«placid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Calm, peaceful and not easily upset or excited: «a placid horse». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#m1)
2. (of water) Still and smooth: «a placid lake». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories: placid animals (cows, old horses), placid ponds and rivers in calm scenes. In everyday talk, a placid baby rarely cries.

### Examples

- The old horse was placid and gentle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#x1)
- The lake was placid in the early morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#x2)
- Our baby is very placid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#x3)
- Cows grazed placidly in the meadow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#x4)
- The river flowed placid and slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#x5)
- He has a placid nature and never shouts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/#x6)

### Note

Adverb: placidly. Similar: calm, tranquil, serene. Opposite: excitable, stormy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «placid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«placid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/placid.html) on Mova free.