Liquid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Liquid	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Liquid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquid adj existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances" Antonym(s): gaseous, solid filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" Synonym(s): liquid, swimming clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes" Synonym(s): liquid, limpid changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow" Synonym(s): melted, liquid, liquified Antonym(s): unmelted smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness; "the liquid song of a robin" smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" Synonym(s): fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid) assets" Synonym(s): fluid, liquid n 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 Synonym(s): liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liquid \Liq"uid\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[c6] to ooze, drop, l[c6] to melt.] 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. --Tyndale. 2. (Physics) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor a[89]riform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor. 3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. [bd]Liquid melody.[b8] --Crashaw. 4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters. 5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air. 6. Clear; definite in terms or amount.[Obs.] [bd]Though the debt should be entirely liquid.[b8] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liquid \Liq"uid\, n. 1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not a[89]riform.