Dictionary entry details
• LIQUID (noun)
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"):
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)
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)
snake oil ((medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless)
Meaning:
The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
liquid state; liquidity; liquidness; liquid
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))
Meaning:
A substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("liquid" is a kind of...):
fluid (a continuous amorphous substance 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)
tuberculin (a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis)
spill (liquid that is spilled)
liquid crystal (a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids)
instillation (a liquid that is instilled drop by drop)
extravasation (an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation)
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)
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)
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)
• LIQUID (adjective)
Meaning:
Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
Context example:
water and milk and blood are liquid substances
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)
Meaning:
Filled or brimming with tears
Synonyms:
swimming; liquid
Context examples:
swimming eyes / sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
Similar:
tearful (filled with or marked by tears)
Meaning:
Clear and bright
Synonyms:
limpid; liquid
Context examples:
the liquid air of a spring morning / eyes shining with a liquid luster / limpid blue eyes
Similar:
clear (free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through)
Meaning:
Changed from a solid to a liquid state
Synonyms:
melted; liquified; liquid
Context example:
rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
Similar:
thawed (no longer frozen solid)
liquefied; liquified; molten (reduced to liquid form by heating)
fusible (capable of being melted and fused)
dissolved ((of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form)
Also:
unfrozen (not frozen)
Meaning:
Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
Context example:
the liquid song of a robin
Similar:
musical (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music)
Meaning:
Smooth and unconstrained in movement
Synonyms:
fluent; fluid; smooth; liquid
Context examples:
a long, smooth stride / the fluid motion of a cat / the liquid grace of a ballerina
Similar:
graceful (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)
Meaning:
In cash or easily convertible to cash
Synonyms:
fluid; liquid
Context example:
liquid (or fluid) assets
Similar:
disposable (free or available for use or disposition)
