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| 1. | [ adjective ] existing as or have characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow | |
| Examples: | "water and milk and blood are liquid substances" |
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| Related terms: | solid gaseous semiliquid watery liquefiable liquefied fluid state_of_matter | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure | |
| Related terms: | fluid water liquor beverage ink snake_oil medium pyroligneous_acid antifreeze ammonia_water sheep_dip distillate alcohol supernatant | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (chemistry) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | |
| Synonyms: | liquidity liquidness | |
| Related terms: | state_of_matter liquefy | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume | |
| Related terms: | fluid water chemical_mace liquid_crystal artificial_blood elixir tuberculin extravasation instillation spill liquefy | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] clear and bright | |
| Synonyms: | limpid | |
| Examples: | "the liquid air of a spring morning" "eyes shining with a liquid luster" "limpid blue eyes" |
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| Related terms: | clear | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] filled or brimming with tears | |
| Synonyms: | watery swimming | |
| Examples: | "swimming eyes" "watery eyes" "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" |
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| Related terms: | tearful | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness | |
| Examples: | "the liquid song of a robin" |
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| Related terms: | musical | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] changed from a solid to a liquid state | |
| Synonyms: | liquified melted | |
| Examples: | "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow" |
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| Related terms: | unmelted dissolved molten thawed fusible unfrozen | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] yielding; lacking any hint of hardness | |
| Examples: | "the liquid stillness of the night enveloping him" "the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel" |
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| Related terms: | soft | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] smooth and unconstrained in movement | |
| Synonyms: | flowing smooth fluid fluent | |
| Examples: | "a long, smooth stride" "the fluid motion of a cat" "the liquid grace of a ballerina" "liquid prose" |
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| Related terms: | graceful | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] in cash or easily convertible to cash | |
| Synonyms: | fluid | |
| Examples: | "liquid (or fluid) assets" |
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| Related terms: | disposable | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l' and `r') | |
| Related terms: | continuant_consonant | |
| Similar spelling: |
likuta liked |
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