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fluid

noun

1 fluid

A substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure.

Roget 241: amorphism, informity; unlicked cub; rudis indigestaque moles [Lat.]; disorder etc. 59; deformity etc. 243.    disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming.    ... show more

Roget 333: fluidity, liquidity; liquidness etc. adj.; gaseity etc. 334.    fluid, inelastic fluid; liquid, liquor; lymph, ... show more

Dutch: vloeistof, nat, nattigheid, vocht, zweet

2 fluid

Continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas.

Dutch: vloeistof

adjective

1 fluid

Subject to change; variable:
— A fluid situation fraught with uncertainty.

synonym: unstable.

Roget 240: formed etc. v.. [Receiving form] plastic, fictile; formative; fluid.    [Giving form] plasmic.    [Similar in form] isomorphous.    [taking several forms] ... show more

2 fluid

Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape.

synonym: runny.

3 fluid

Smooth and unconstrained in movement:
— The fluid motion of a cat.

synonyms: fluent, liquid, smooth.

Roget 333: liquid, fluid, serous, juicy, succulent, sappy; ichorous; fluent etc. (flowing) 348.    liquefied etc. ... show more

Polish: płynny, miękki

4 fluid

In cash or easily convertible to cash:
— Liquid (or fluid) assets.

synonym: liquid.

5 fluid

Affording change (especially in social status):
— Britain is not a truly fluid society.

synonym: mobile.


Moby thesaurus: able to adapt, adaptable, adjustable, aerodynamics, afterdamp, air, alterable, alterative, aqueous, atmosphere, beverage, blackdamp, blood, breath, changeable, changeful, checkered, chokedamp, cloud, damp ... show more.

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