liquid

Primary Meanings of liquid

1.	n adj	fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
2.	adj n	smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
3.	adj	in cash or easily convertible to cash

Full Definitions of liquid

n fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

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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; tap water
water directly from the spigot; bath water
water used for a bath; dishwater
water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed; distilled water
water that has been purified by distillation; holy water
water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification; ground water, spring water, well water
underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks; hard water
water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap; limewater
solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid; meltwater
melted snow or ice; brine, saltwater, seawater
water containing salts; fresh water, freshwater
water that is not salty; slush
partially melted snow; soft water
water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap); bilge, bilge water
water accumulated in the bilge of a ship; water of crystallisation, water of crystallization, water of hydration
the water present in hydrated compounds

Type of:: fluid
continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas

n a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

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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; milk
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings; wish-wash
any thin watery drink; potion
a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage; alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant
a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; hydromel
honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented; oenomel
wine mixed with honey; near beer
drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol; ginger beer
carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger; mixer
club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol; cooler
an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice; refresher
a drink that refreshes; smoothie
a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk; fizz
an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic); cider, cyder
a beverage made from juice pressed from apples; chocolate, cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot; fruit crush, fruit juice
drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit; ade, fruit drink
a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice; mate
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate; soft drink
nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated); coffee, java
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; tea
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; tea-like drink
a beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves; branch water
pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water; spring water
water from a spring; drinking water
water suitable for drinking; methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit
a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol; ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline; isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol
alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent; allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol
an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals; amyl alcohol
a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis; butanol, butyl alcohol
a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents; cyclohexanol
a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor; dihydric alcohol, diol, glycol
any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule; ethanediol, ethylene glycol, glycol
a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent; propanediol, propylene glycol
a sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects; glycerin, glycerine, glycerol
a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils; indelible ink
ink that cannot be erased or washed away; India ink, drawing ink
a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing; magnetic ink
an ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors; printer's ink, printing ink
a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing; writing ink
any permanent or washable ink used with pens; 1-dodecanol, lauryl alcohol
a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals; magilp, megilp
a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine; propanol, propyl alcohol
a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic; steroid alcohol, sterol
any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances

Type of:: fluid
a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure

n 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 state, liquidity, liquidness

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)

adj existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow

“water and milk and blood are liquid substances”

Synonyms:: 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

Antonyms:: solid
of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; gaseous
existing as or having characteristics of a gas; hard
resisting weight or pressure; coagulated, solidified
changed into a solid mass; concrete
formed by the coalescence of particles; congealed, jelled, jellied
congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; dry
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; semisolid
partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid; solid-state
consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices; solid-state
characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids; aeriform, airlike
resembling air or having the form of air; aerosolised, aerosolized
in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas; evaporated
drawn off in the form of vapor; gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilised, volatilized
converted into a gas or vapor; gassy
resembling gas; vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous
resembling or characteristic of vapor; show more antonyms...

adj changed from a solid to a liquid state

Synonyms:: liquified, melted

: unfrozen
not frozen; 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; thawed
no longer frozen solid

Antonyms:: unmelted
not melted; frozen
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; frozen
not thawed; undissolved
retaining a solid form; show more antonyms...

adj filled or brimming with tears

“sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid”

Synonyms:: swimming

: tearful
filled with or marked by tears

adj clear and bright

“the liquid air of a spring morning”

“eyes shining with a liquid luster”

Synonyms:: limpid

: clear
allowing light to pass through

adj smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness

“the liquid song of a robin”

Synonyms:: musical
characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music

adj smooth and unconstrained in movement

“the liquid grace of a ballerina”

Synonyms:: fluent, fluid, smooth

: graceful
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

n a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')

Type of:: consonant
a speech sound that is not a vowel

adj in cash or easily convertible to cash

Synonyms:: fluid

: disposable
free or available for use or disposition