liquid
adjective
1. existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
- water and milk and blood are liquid substances
Similar word(s): fluid, runny, liquefiable, liquifiable, liquefied, liquified, semiliquid, watery
2. filled or brimming with tears
- sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
Similar word(s): tearful, swimming
3. clear and bright
- the liquid air of a spring morning
- eyes shining with a liquid luster
Similar word(s): clear, limpid
4. changed from a solid to a liquid state
Similar word(s): unfrozen, dissolved, fusible, liquefied, liquified, molten, thawed, liquified, melted
5. smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- the liquid song of a robin
Similar word(s): musical
6. smooth and unconstrained in movement
- the liquid grace of a ballerina
Similar word(s): graceful, fluent, fluid, smooth
7. in cash or easily convertible to cash
- liquid (or fluid) assets
Similar word(s): disposable, fluid
Sentences with liquid as an adjective:
- liquid nitrogen
- a liquid melody
- L and R are liquid letters.
- the liquid air
noun
1. a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
Definition categories: substance, fluid
2. the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Similar word(s): liquidity, liquidness
Definition categories: state
3. fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
Definition categories: substance, fluid
4. a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
Definition categories: communication, consonant
Sentences with liquid as a noun:
- A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.