Gas Definition
găs
gases, gassed, gasses, gassing
noun
gases
The fluid form of a substance in which it can expand indefinitely and completely fill its container; form that is neither liquid nor solid; vapor.
Webster's New World
The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.
American Heritage Medicine
Any mixture of flammable gases used for lighting, heating, or cooking.
Webster's New World
Any gaseous substance formed by decaying or decomposing matter.
Webster's New World
Gasoline.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- gaseous-state
- flatulency
- flatulence
- natural gas
- gasolene
- petrol
- gasoline
- throttle
- gas-pedal
- accelerator pedal
- accelerator
- gun
- gaseous mixture
- volatile substance
- vapor
verb
gases, gassed, gasses, gassing
To supply with gas.
Webster's New World
To give off gas.
Webster's New World
To subject to the action of gas.
Webster's New World
To injure or kill by gas, as in war.
Webster's New World
To talk in an idle or boastful way.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of, using, or operated by gas.
Webster's New World
idiom
gas up
- to put gasoline into the tank of (a vehicle)
Webster's New World
step on the gas
- to press on the accelerator of an automobile
- to hurry; move or act faster
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Gas
- gas up
- step on the gas
Origin of Gas
Dutch an occult physical principle supposed to be present in all bodies alteration of Greek khaos chaos, empty space coined by Jan Baptista van Helmont (1577–1644), Flemish chemist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Dutch gas, a word coined by chemist Van Helmont. From Ancient Greek χάος (khaos, “chasm, void”).
From Wiktionary
Compare the slang usage of "a gas", above.
From Wiktionary
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Shortening of gasoline.
From Wiktionary
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