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liquid

noun

1 liquid

A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure.

Roget 561: letter; character; hieroglyphic etc. (writing) 590; type etc. (printing) 591; capitals; digraph, trigraph; ... show more

Dutch: vloeiklank, vloeistof
Polish: płyn, ciecz

2 liquid

The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility.

synonyms: liquid state, liquidity, liquidness.

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

Dutch: vloeibare toestand, fluïditeit, vloeibaarheid

3 liquid

Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume.

Dutch: scheut

4 liquid

A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r').

Polish: spółgłoska płynna

adjective

1 liquid

Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow.

Roget 405: inaudible; scarcely audible, just audible; low, dull; stifled, muffled; hoarse, husky; gentle, soft, faint; floating; purling, ... show more

Polish: płynny, ciekły

2 liquid

Filled or brimming with tears:
— Sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid.

synonym: swimming.

3 liquid

Clear and bright:
— The liquid air of a spring morning.
— Eyes shining with a liquid luster.

synonym: limpid.

4 liquid

Changed from a solid to a liquid state.

synonyms: liquified, melted.

5 liquid

Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness.

6 liquid

Smooth and unconstrained in movement:
— The liquid grace of a ballerina.

synonyms: fluent, fluid, smooth.

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

Polish: płynny, miękki

7 liquid

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

synonym: fluid.


Moby thesaurus: accented, alcoholic drink, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, aquatic, aqueous, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back, barytone, beverage, bilabial, blood, bright ... show more.

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