liquid
1. a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure (Freq. 6)
• Hypernyms:
fluid
• Hyponyms:
beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water,
supernatant, alcohol, ammonia water, ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, antifreeze,
distillate, distillation, pyroligneous acid, wood vinegar, medium, ink,
grume, liquor, sheep dip, snake oil
2. the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
liquidness, liquidity, liquid state
• Derivationally related forms:
liquid (for: liquidity), liquid (for: liquidness), liquify
• Hypernyms:
state of matter, state
3. fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
liquify
• Hypernyms:
fluid
• Hyponyms:
artificial blood, elixir, water, H2O, extravasation,
instillation, liquid crystal, spill, tuberculin
4. a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r')
• Hypernyms:
consonant
1. existing as or having characteristics of a liquid;
especially tending to flow (Freq. 19)
- water and milk and blood are liquid substances
• Ant:
gaseous, solid
• Similar to:
fluid, runny, liquefiable, liquifiable, liquefied,
liquified, semiliquid, watery
• Derivationally related forms:
liquidness, liquidity
• Attrubites:
state of matter, state
2. filled or brimming with tears (Freq. 1)
- swimming eyes
- sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
• Syn:
swimming
• Similar to:
tearful
• Derivationally related forms:
liquidness
3. clear and bright (Freq. 1)
- the liquid air of a spring morning
- eyes shining with a liquid luster
- limpid blue eyes
• Syn:
limpid
• Similar to:
clear
4. changed from a solid to a liquid state
- rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
• Syn:
melted, liquified
• Ant:
unmelted (for: melted)
• Similar to:
dissolved, fusible, molten, liquefied, liquified, thawed
• See Also:
unfrozen
• Derivationally related forms:
liquidness
5. smooth and flowing in quality;
entirely free of harshness
- the liquid song of a robin
• Similar to:
musical
6. smooth and unconstrained in movement
- a long, smooth stride
- the fluid motion of a cat
- the liquid grace of a ballerina
• Syn:
fluent, fluid, smooth
• Similar to:
graceful
• Derivationally related forms:
smoothness (for: smooth)
7. in cash or easily convertible to cash
- liquid (or fluid) assets
• Syn:
fluid
• Similar to:
disposable
• Derivationally related forms:
liquidity
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