Definition of LIQUID

liquid

Meanings

Plural: liquids

Noun

  • a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
  • the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
  • fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  • a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
  • A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
  • Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Adjective

  • existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
    • "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
  • changed from a solid to a liquid state

Adjective Satellite

  • filled or brimming with tears
    • "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
  • clear and bright
    • "the liquid air of a spring morning"
    • "eyes shining with a liquid luster"
  • smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
    • "the liquid song of a robin"
  • smooth and unconstrained in movement
    • "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
  • in cash or easily convertible to cash
    • "liquid (or fluid) assets"

Adj

  • Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
  • Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
  • Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
  • Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
  • Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
  • Fluid and transparent.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).

Scrabble Score: 16

liquid is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
liquid is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
liquid is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

liquid is a valid Words With Friends word