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liquid

/'l/I/kw/I/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    Water and milk and blood are liquid substances.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. changed from a solid to a liquid state

    adj.all

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

    noun.substance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.state

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

    noun.substance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. 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.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. filled or brimming with tears

    adj.all

    Examples
    Sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. clear and bright

    adj.all

    Examples
    The liquid air of a spring morning.
    Eyes shining with a liquid luster.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness

    adj.all

    Examples
    The liquid song of a robin.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. smooth and unconstrained in movement

    adj.all

    Examples
    The liquid grace of a ballerina.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. in cash or easily convertible to cash

    adj.all

    Examples
    Liquid (or fluid) assets.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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