| NOUN | substance | liquid | a substance that is liquid / liquid at room temperature and pressure |
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| state | liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | |
| substance | liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume | |
| communication | liquid | a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r') | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | liquid | existing as or having characteristics / characteristics of a liquid / liquid |
| all | liquid, swimming | filled or brimming with tears | |
| all | liquid, limpid | clear and bright | |
| all | liquid, melted, liquified | changed from a solid to a liquid state | |
| all | liquid | smooth and flowing in quality | |
| all | liquid, fluent, fluid, smooth | smooth and unconstrained in movement | |
| all | liquid, fluid | in cash or easily convertible to cash / cash |
| Sounds | lih'kwahd; lih'kwihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | Existing as or having characteristics / characteristics of a liquid / liquid; especially tending to flow. | |
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| Example | "water and milk and blood are liquid substances" | |
| Attribute of | state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids / liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
| Narrower | fluid, runny | characteristic of a fluid |
| liquefiable, liquifiable | capable of being liquefied | |
| liquefied, liquified | Reduced to a liquid state | |
| semiliquid | Somewhat liquid | |
| watery | relating to or resembling or consisting of water | |
| Opposite | gaseous | Existing as or having characteristics / characteristics of a gas |
| solid | Of definite shape and volume | |
| Spanish | líquido | |
| Catalan | líquid | |
| Nouns | liquidity | the property of flowing easily |
| liquidness, liquidity | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | |
| Meaning | Filled or brimming with tears. | |
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| Example | "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" | |
| Synonym | swimming | |
| Broader | tearful | Filled with or marked by tears |
| Spanish | acuoso, lloricoso | |
| Nouns | liquidness, liquidity | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility |
| Meaning | Clear and bright. | |
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| Synonym | limpid | |
| Broader | clear | Allowing light to pass through |
| Spanish | diáfano, límpido, radiante | |
| Catalan | diàfan, radiant | |
| Meaning | changed from a solid to a liquid state. | |
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| Synonyms | melted, liquified | |
| Narrower | dissolved | (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form |
| fusible | capable of being melted and fused / fused / fused | |
| molten, liquefied, liquified | Reduced to liquid form by heating | |
| thawed | no longer frozen solid | |
| See also | unfrozen | not frozen |
| Opposite | unmelted | not melted |
| Spanish | derretido, deshielado, licuado, líquido | |
| Nouns | liquidness | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility |
| Meaning | Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness. | |
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| Example | "the liquid song of a robin" | |
| Broader | musical | characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music |
| Spanish | líquido | |
| Meaning | Smooth and unconstrained in movement. | |
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| Example | "the liquid grace of a ballerina" | |
| Synonyms | fluent, fluid, smooth | |
| Broader | graceful | Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution |
| Spanish | fluido, ligero | |
| Catalan | fluent, fluid, lleuger | |
| Meaning | In cash or easily convertible to cash / cash. | |
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| Example | "liquid (or fluid) assets" | |
| Synonym | fluid | |
| Broader | disposable | Free or available for use or disposition |
| Spanish | líquido | |
| Catalan | líquid | |
| Nouns | liquidity | being in cash or easily convertible to cash |
| Meaning | The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. | |
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| Synonyms | liquidness, liquidity, liquid state | |
| Broader | state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids / liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) |
| Spanish | estado líquido, liquidez, liquido, líquido | |
| Catalan | liquiditat, líquid | |
| Verbs | liquify | become liquid or fluid when heated |
| liquify | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | |
| Meaning | A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r'). | |
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| Broader | consonant | A speech sound that is not a vowel |
| Spanish | líquida | |
| Catalan | líquida | |
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