liquid

  • (a) existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
    • water and milk and blood are liquid substances
  • (s) filled or brimming with tears
    • swimming eyes
    • sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
    swimming,
  • (s) clear and bright
    • the liquid air of a spring morning
    • eyes shining with a liquid luster
    • limpid blue eyes
    limpid,
  • (a) changed from a solid to a liquid state
    • rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
    liquified, melted,
  • (s) smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
    • the liquid song of a robin
  • (s) smooth and unconstrained in movement
    • a long, smooth stride
    • the fluid motion of a cat
    • the liquid grace of a ballerina
    fluent, fluid, smooth,
  • (s) in cash or easily convertible to cash
    • liquid (or fluid) assets
    fluid,

Nouns

  • (n) a substance that is liquid 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 liquidity, liquidness, liquid state,
  • (n) fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  • (n) a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially "l" and "r")

Synonyms

liquidity liquidness liquid state swimming limpid liquified melted fluent fluid smooth

Antonyms

gaseous solid unmelted

See also

unfrozen

Words of close approximity

liquor
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