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LIQUID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("liquid" is a kind of...):
consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Synonyms:
liquid; liquid state; liquidity; liquidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("liquid" is a kind of...):
state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))
Derivation:
liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)
liquify (make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("liquid" is a kind of...):
fluid (continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquid"):
artificial blood (a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood)
elixir (a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste)
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
extravasation (an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation)
instillation (a liquid that is instilled drop by drop)
liquid crystal (a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids)
spill (liquid that is spilled)
tuberculin (a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis)
Derivation:
liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)
liquify (make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("liquid" is a kind of...):
fluid (a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquid"):
snake oil ((medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless)
sheep dip (a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites)
liquor (a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process)
grume (a thick viscous liquid)
ink (a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing)
medium (a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter)
pyroligneous acid; wood vinegar (a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars)
distillate; distillation (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)
antifreeze (a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point)
ammonia; ammonia water; ammonium hydroxide (a water solution of ammonia)
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
supernatant (the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate)
water (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants)
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clear and bright
Example:
limpid blue eyes
Synonyms:
limpid; liquid
Classified under:
Similar:
clear (allowing light to pass through)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In cash or easily convertible to cash
Example:
liquid (or fluid) assets
Synonyms:
fluid; liquid
Classified under:
Similar:
disposable (free or available for use or disposition)
Derivation:
liquidity (being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Smooth and unconstrained in movement
Example:
the liquid grace of a ballerina
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
graceful (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
Example:
the liquid song of a robin
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
musical (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Changed from a solid to a liquid state
Example:
rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
thawed (no longer frozen solid)
dissolved ((of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form)
fusible (capable of being melted and fused)
liquefied; liquified; molten (reduced to liquid form by heating)
Also:
unfrozen (not frozen)
Derivation:
liquidness (the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
Example:
water and milk and blood are liquid substances
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
fluid; runny (characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape)
liquefiable; liquifiable (capable of being liquefied)
liquefied; liquified (reduced to a liquid state)
semiliquid (somewhat liquid)
watery (relating to or resembling or consisting of water)
Attribute:
state; state of matter ((chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container))
Antonym:
gaseous (existing as or having characteristics of a gas)
solid (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous)
Derivation:
liquidity (the property of flowing easily)
liquidity; liquidness (the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Filled or brimming with tears
Example:
sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
Synonyms:
liquid; swimming
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tearful (filled with or marked by tears)
Derivation:
liquidness (the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility)
Context examples:
Plasma is the single largest component of blood and is the clear liquid that remains after the removal of red and white blood cells and platelets.
(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)
That transition is among the most important transformations between phases (solids, liquids and gases) on our planet, where it has unique effects on climate while regulating the viability of life.
(Scientists probe the limits of ice, National Science Foundation)
Proxima B is believed roughly Earth-sized and in its solar system's habitable zone, meaning it would have similar gravity to Earth and at least the possibility of liquid water.
(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)
A type of oil that is made from petroleum (mixture of oily liquids found in the earth).
(Mineral oil, NCI Dictionary)
A silver-white, poisonous metal that is a liquid at ordinary temperatures.
(Mercury, NCI Dictionary)
She took no liquid, as there was a water-tap in the stables, and it was the rule that the lad on duty should drink nothing else.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A suspension of fine drops of a liquid in a gas.
(Mist, NCI Thesaurus)
A brand of cryofreezers designed to store samples in liquid nitrogen or vapor phase liquid nitrogen.
(MVE Freezer, NCI Thesaurus)
Mr. Rochester let him sit three minutes after he had swallowed the liquid; he then took his arm—"Now I am sure you can get on your feet," he said—"try."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A traditional unit of volume used in pharmacies for small quantities of liquids.
(Minim, NCI Thesaurus)
