Hypertext Webster Gateway: "liquid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liquid \Liq"uid\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere
to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[=i] to ooze, drop, l[=i] 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["e]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. ``Liquid melody.'' --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.] ``Though the
debt should be entirely liquid.'' --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["e]riform.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
liquid
adj 1: existing as or have characteristics of a liquid; especially
tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid
substances" [ant: {gaseous}, {solid}]
2: filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery
eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" [syn: {swimming},
{watery}]
3: clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning";
"eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
[syn: {limpid}]
4: changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to
overflowing by melted snow" [syn: {melted}, {liquified}]
[ant: {unmelted}]
5: smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness;
"the liquid song of a robin"
6: yielding; lacking any hint of hardness; "the liquid
stillness of the night enveloping him"; "the liquid brown
eyes of a spaniel"
7: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of
a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: {flowing}, {fluent}, {fluid},
{smooth}]
8: in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid)
assets" [syn: {fluid}]
n 1: a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
2: the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic
readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse
and relatively high incompressibility [syn: {liquidness},
{liquidity}]
3: a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed
shape but a fixed volume
4: a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l' and `r')
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.