what does liquid mean?
LIQUID as NOUN
- Meaning
- a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l” and `r”)
Hypernyms(s) liquid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
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Hypernyms(s) liquid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
Hypernyms(s) liquid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
Hypernyms(s) liquid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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LIQUID as ADJECTIVE
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- the liquid air of a spring morning
- eyes shining with a liquid luster
- limpid blue eyes
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- in cash or easily convertible to cash
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- smooth and unconstrained in movement
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- a long, smooth stride
- the fluid motion of a cat
- the liquid grace of a ballerina
- liquid prose
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- yielding
- lacking any hint of hardness
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- the liquid stillness of the night enveloping him
- the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel
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- smooth and flowing in quality
- entirely free of harshness
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- the liquid song of a robin
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- changed from a solid to a liquid state
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- rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
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See Also
- Meaning
- existing as or having characteristics of a liquid
- especially tending to flow
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- water and milk and blood are liquid substances
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Attribute(s)
- Meaning
- filled or brimming with tears
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- swimming eyes
- watery eyes
- sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
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