liquid
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(a) existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
- water and milk and blood are liquid substances
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(s) filled or brimming with tears
- swimming eyes
- sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
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(s) clear and bright
- the liquid air of a spring morning
- eyes shining with a liquid luster
- limpid blue eyes
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(a) changed from a solid to a liquid state
- rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
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(s) smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- the liquid song of a robin
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(s) smooth and unconstrained in movement
- a long, smooth stride
- the fluid motion of a cat
- the liquid grace of a ballerina
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(s) in cash or easily convertible to cash
- liquid (or fluid) assets
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 smoothAntonyms
gaseous solid unmeltedSee also
unfrozenWords of close approximity
liquid air
Liquidambar
Liquidambar styraciflua
liquid assets
liquidate
liquidation
liquidator
liquid bleach
liquid body substance
liquid crystal
liquid crystal display
liquid detergent
liquid diet
liquid ecstasy
liquid-fueled
liquidise
liquidiser
liquidity
liquidity crisis
liquidize
liquidizer
liquid measure
liquid metal reactor
liquidness
liquid nitrogen
liquid oxygen
Liquid Pred
liquid soap
liquid state
liquid unit