What is the meaning of liquid?

noun

  • A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure.
  • The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility.
  • Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume.
  • A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r'. )

adjective

  • Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow.
    • usage: "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
  • Filled or brimming with tears.
    • usage: "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
  • Clear and bright.
    • usage: "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
  • Changed from a solid to a liquid state.
    • usage: "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"
  • Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness.
    • usage: "the liquid song of a robin"
  • Smooth and unconstrained in movement.
    • usage: "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
  • In cash or easily convertible to cash.
    • usage: "liquid (or fluid) assets"
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