# water-laid

**Pronunciation:** WATER-LAID

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Water-laid means deposited by a stream, river, or other body of water; alluvial.

## Examples

- The writer described the response as water-laid.
- A water-laid tone can change the mood of a conversation.
- The situation became water-laid after the announcement.

## Common patterns

- water-laid + noun — Use water-laid before a noun to describe that quality. — The writer described a water-laid reaction.
- become water-laid — Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — The discussion became water-laid near the end.

## Collocations

- water-laid behavior — The teacher calmly handled the water-laid behavior.
- water-laid tone — The email had an water-laid tone.

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