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mermaid Definition

mer·maid (mʉr′mād′)

noun

  1. an imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful woman and the tail of a fish
  2. a girl or woman who swims well

Etymology: ME mermayde: see mere & maid

mermaid Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: To his great surprise he found he had caught a beautiful mermaid.
  • discover: His mission was to create a magical world where Claire and Hailey could discover a beautiful mermaid.
  • meet: But his luck changes when he meets a distressed mermaid on the beach after a storm and decides to protect her.
  • see: Kimberley: We also saw a mermaid 's purse in the shark tank.
  • call: At just 2 years old and 30cm long, these sharks started life in egg cases called mermaid 's purse.
  • find: A real treat was to find a mermaid 's purse entwined in the seaweed.

Adjective modifier

  • beautiful: Under the sea, the beautiful mermaid is denied the prospect of true love.
  • little: Thetford's little mermaid, a medieval copper alloy figure found on the outskirts of the town.
  • young: Perfect executive gift items for for your favorite old salty dog or pretty young mermaid.
  • new: The rectory gate house could have been demolished at the time the new Mermaid was built.
  • other: Freedom 2003 19 x 26 Is she saving the fish from the other mermaid, or trying to catch them?

Preposition: on

  • beach: But his luck changes when he meets a distressed mermaid on the beach after a storm and decides to protect her.

Modifies a noun

  • purse: Mermaids purse in a pink coral Photo: Simon Rogerson Why go there?
  • singing: I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
  • song: A fine set which received roars for more and a request of ' The mermaid song ' .
  • doll: Delightful soft and colorful childrens fairies and mermaids dolls.

Possessives

  • purse: A real treat was to find a mermaid's purse entwined in the seaweed.
  • tail: Mermaid's tail colored with one of Paula's presets.
  • song: Kara Kellar Bell contributes The Mermaid's Song, a rather conventional piece which seems a bit out of place and quite predictable.

Noun used with modifier

  • fairy: When they were asleep, the fairy mermaid charmed her golden sword and then she also lay down to rest herself.
mermaid Quotes

Souls of Poets dead and gone What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?

—Keats,John

   What things have we seen, Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtil flame, As if that every one from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolv'd to live a fool, the rest Of his dull life.

—Beaumont, Francis

This wench we speak of strays so from her kind, Nature repents she made her; 'tis a mermaid Has tolled my son to shipwreck

—Dekker,Thomas