Liquid Definition
lĭkwĭd
liquids
noun
liquids
A liquid substance.
Webster's New World
The state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow and little or no tendency to disperse, and is amorphous but has a fixed volume and is difficult to compress.
American Heritage
Matter or a specific body of matter in this state.
American Heritage
A liquid sound.
Webster's New World
A consonant articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel, such as English l and r.
American Heritage
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adjective
Of or being a liquid.
American Heritage
Having been liquefied, especially:
American Heritage
Readily flowing; fluid; specif., having its molecules moving freely with respect to each other so as to flow readily, unlike a solid, but because of cohesive forces not expanding indefinitely like a gas.
Webster's New World
Flowing smoothly and musically, gracefully, etc.
Liquid verse.
Webster's New World
Clear; limpid.
Liquid eyes.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Liquid
Noun
Singular:
liquid
Plural:
liquidsOrigin of Liquid
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From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist"), from liquere (“to be liquid, be fluid").
From Wiktionary
From Middle English of a liquid from Old French liquide from Latin liquidus from liquēre to be liquid
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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