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Definition of Liquid
1. Adjective. Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow. "Water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
Similar to: Fluid, Runny, Liquefiable, Liquifiable, Liquefied, Liquified, Semiliquid, Watery
Antonyms: Gaseous, Solid
Derivative terms: Liquidity, Liquidity, Liquidness
2. Noun. A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure.
Generic synonyms: Fluid
3. Adjective. Filled or brimming with tears. "Sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
4. Noun. The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility.
Generic synonyms: State, State Of Matter
Derivative terms: Liquify, Liquify
5. Adjective. Clear and bright. "Limpid blue eyes"
6. Noun. Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume.
Generic synonyms: Fluid
Derivative terms: Liquify, Liquify
7. Adjective. Changed from a solid to a liquid state. "Rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"
Also: Unfrozen
Similar to: Dissolved, Fusible, Liquefied, Liquified, Molten, Thawed
Derivative terms: Liquidness
Antonyms: Unmelted
8. Noun. A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r').
9. Adjective. Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness. "The liquid song of a robin"
10. Adjective. Smooth and unconstrained in movement. "The liquid grace of a ballerina"
11. Adjective. In cash or easily convertible to cash. "Liquid (or fluid) assets"
Definition of Liquid
1. a. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
2. 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 aëriform.
Definition of Liquid
1. Noun. (physics) 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. ¹
2. Noun. (phonetics) An ''l'' or ''r'' sound. ¹
3. Adjective. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure. ¹
4. Adjective. (finance of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value. ¹
5. Adjective. (finance of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Liquid
1. a substance that flows freely [n -S]
Medical Definition of Liquid
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1. 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 aeriform.
Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.
2. A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids. Liquid measure, a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.
1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. "Yes, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step." (Tyndale)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Liquid
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