LIQUID

liquid, limpid

(adjective) clear and bright; “the liquid air of a spring morning”; “eyes shining with a liquid luster”; “limpid blue eyes”

fluid, liquid

(adjective) in cash or easily convertible to cash; “liquid (or fluid) assets”

fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth

(adjective) smooth and unconstrained in movement; “a long, smooth stride”; “the fluid motion of a cat”; “the liquid grace of a ballerina”

liquid

(adjective) smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; “the liquid song of a robin”

melted, liquid, liquified

(adjective) changed from a solid to a liquid state; “rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow”

liquid

(adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; “water and milk and blood are liquid substances”

liquid, swimming

(adjective) filled or brimming with tears; “swimming eyes”; “sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid”

liquid

(noun) a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)

liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state

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

liquid

(noun) fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

liquid

(noun) a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

liquid (countable and uncountable, plural liquids)

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.

Coordinate terms: solid, gas

Hyponyms: ideal liquid, non-ideal liquid

(phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Hypernyms: approximant, consonant

Coordinate term: glide

Usage notes

The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiments having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid.

Adjective

liquid (comparative more liquid, superlative most liquid)

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

(finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

(finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

(phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.

Fluid and transparent.

Synonyms

• (flowing freely like water): flowy, fluxive; see also runny

Antonyms

• (flowing freely): solid; gaseous

• (easily sold): illiquid

• (having sufficient activity): illiquid

Source: Wiktionary

Liq"uid, a. Etym: [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. ri to ooze, drop, li to melt.]

1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. Yes, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. Tyndale.

2. (Physics)

Definition: Being in such a state that the component parts move among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aëriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.

3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. "Liquid melody." Crashaw.

4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.

5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.

6. Clear; definite in terms or amount.[Obs.] "Though the debt should be entirely liquid." Ayliffe. Liquid glass. See Soluble glass, under Glass.

Liq"uid, n.

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 aëriform.

Note: 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. (Phon.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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