liquid

Adjective
  1. Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid;
    Especially tending to flow (synset 302269142)
    "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
    tells us about: 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)
    similar to:
  2. Filled or brimming with tears (synset 302482846)
    "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
    similar to: tearful - filled with or marked by tears
    same as: swimming
  3. Clear and bright (synset 300434168)
    "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
    similar to: clear - allowing light to pass through
    same as: limpid
  4. Changed from a solid to a liquid state (synset 301509670)
    "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"
    also: unfrozen - not frozen
    similar to:
    same as: liquified, melted
  5. Smooth and flowing in quality;
    Entirely free of harshness (synset 301508720)
    "the liquid song of a robin"
    similar to: musical - characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
  6. Smooth and unconstrained in movement (synset 301143332)
    "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
    similar to: graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
    same as: fluent, fluid, smooth
  7. In cash or easily convertible to cash (synset 300781576)
    "liquid (or fluid) assets"
    similar to: disposable - free or available for use or disposition
    same as: fluid
Noun
  1. A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure (synset 114964524)
    is a type of: fluid - a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
    subtypes:
    • beverage, drink, drinkable, potable - any liquid suitable for drinking
    • water - a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
    • supernatant - the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate
    • alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
    • ammonia, ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide - a water solution of ammonia
    • antifreeze - a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point
    • distillate, distillation - a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
    • pyroligneous acid, wood vinegar - a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars
    • medium - a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
    • ink - a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
    • grume - a thick viscous liquid
    • liquor - a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
    • sheep dip - a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites
    • snake oil - (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
  2. The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility (synset 114504004)
    is a type 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)
    same as: liquid state, liquidity, liquidness
  3. Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume (synset 114964238)
    is a type of: fluid - continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
    subtypes:
    • 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
  4. A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r') (synset 107134351)
    is a type of: consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel

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