Liquid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow, little or no tendency to disperse, and relatively high incompressibility.
  • n. Matter or a specific body of matter in this state.
  • n. Linguistics A consonant articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel, such as English l and r.
  • adj. Of or being a liquid.
  • adj. Having been liquefied, especially:
  • adj. Melted by heating: liquid wax.
  • adj. Condensed by cooling: liquid oxygen.
  • adj. Flowing readily; fluid: added milk to make the batter more liquid.
  • adj. Having a flowing quality without harshness or abrupt breaks: liquid prose; the liquid movements of a Balinese dancer.
  • adj. Linguistics Articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel.
  • adj. Clear and shining: the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel.
  • adj. Readily convertible into cash: liquid assets.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
  • n. An l or r sound.
  • adj. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
  • adj. Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
  • adj. Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
  • adj. Being in such a state that the component molecules move freely among themselves, but have a definite volume changing only slightly with changes of pressure, and do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do when the volume of the container is increased; neither solid nor gaseous.
  • adj. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
  • adj. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
  • adj. Fluid and transparent.
  • adj. Clear; definite in terms or amount.
  • adj. In cash or readily convertible into cash without loss of principle; -- said of assets, such as bank accounts, or short-term bonds tradable on a major stock exchange.
  • n. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not gaseous and has a definite volume independent, of the container in which it is held. Liquids have a fixed volume at any given pressure, but their shape is determined by the container in which it is contained. Liquids, in contrast to gases, cannot expand indefinitely to fill an expanding container, and are only slightly compressible by application of pressure.
  • n. A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute. M and n also are called liquids.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure; of a fluid consistence; flowing, or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid.
  • Hence Clear or transparent, like a liquid: as, liquid eyes; liquid depths.
  • Tearful.
  • Sounding smoothly or agreeably to the ear; devoid of harshness: as, liquid melody.
  • Pronounced with a smoothly sonorous and freely continuable sound: as, a liquid letter. See II., 2.
  • See debt.
  • n. A substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite form, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
  • n. In grammar, a smoothly flowing sound or letter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
  • n. fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  • n. a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
  • n. a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
  • adj. changed from a solid to a liquid state
  • adj. in cash or easily convertible to cash
  • n. the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
  • adj. smooth and unconstrained in movement
  • adj. filled or brimming with tears
  • adj. smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
  • adj. clear and bright
  • Equivalent
    semiliquid    fluid    liquefied    liquefiable    liquifiable    liquified    watery    runny    dissolved    molten   
    Antonym
    solid    gaseous    illiquid   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fluid    smooth    clear   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    illiquid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fluid    solid    soft    gas    chemical    powder    metallic    orange