English > gas: 8 senses > noun 2, substance| Meaning | A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely. |
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| Narrower | afterdamp | A toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine |
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| air | A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing |
| arsine | A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare |
| atmosphere | The envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body |
| blow gas, blowing gas | The gas leaving a generator during a blow period |
| butane | Occurs in natural gas |
| butylene, butene | Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8 |
| chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17 | A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens |
| compressed gas | gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant |
| cyanogen | A colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor |
| ethylene, ethene | A flammable colorless gaseous alkene |
| exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes | gases ejected from an engine as waste products |
| firedamp | A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air |
| fluorine, F, atomic number 9 | A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens |
| formaldehyde, methanal | A colorless poisonous gas |
| greenhouse gas, greenhouse emission | A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation |
| hydrogen, H, atomic number 1 | A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas |
| ideal gas, perfect gas | A hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces |
| inhalant | Something that is inhaled |
| liquefied petroleum gas, bottled gas | hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure |
| mephitis | A poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth |
| methane | A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel |
| nitric oxide | A poisonous red-brown gas (NO) |
| nitrogen, N, atomic number 7 | A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas |
| nitrogen dioxide | A highly poisonous brown gas (NO2) |
| noble gas, inert gas, argonon | Any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table |
| oxygen, O, atomic number 8 | A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas |
| ozone | A colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water |
| phosgene | A colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay |
| phosphine | A colorless gas with a strong fishy smell |
| poison gas | A gas that is poisonous to breath or contact |
| producer gas, air gas | A gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen |
| propane | colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum |
| propylene, propene | A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum |
| sewer gas | foul-smelling gas that forms in sewers |
| sublimate | The product of vaporization of a solid |
| sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide | A colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes |
| tear gas, teargas, lacrimator, lachrymator | A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them |
| water gas | A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases |
| Broader | fluid | continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container |
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| Spanish | gas |
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| Catalan | gas |
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| Adjectives | gaseous | existing as or having characteristics / characteristics of a gas |
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| Verbs | gasify | turn into gas |
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English > gas: 8 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | show off. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody |
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| Synonyms | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade |
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| Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
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| puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
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| Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse |
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| Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se |
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