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liq·uid
I. \ˈlikwə̇d\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English liquide, from Latin liquidus, from liquēre to be fluid; akin to Latin lixa water, lye, lixivus consisting of lye, Old Irish fliuch damp, Welsh gwlith dew, gwlyb wet
1.
a.
(1) : that is extremely fluid without being gaseous so as to flow freely typically in the manner of water and to have a definite volume without having a definite shape except such as is temporarily given by a container and such as is readily lost (as by an upset or overflow) and that is only slightly compressible and incapable of indefinite expansion in such a way that constituent molecules while moving with extreme ease upon each other do not tend to separate from each other in the manner characteristic of the molecules of gases
< water and milk and blood are liquid substances >
(2) : watery
< sailing over the liquid depths of the seas >
b. : brimming with tears
< sorrow which made the eyes of many grow liquid >
2.
a. : bright and clear to the vision
< the liquid air of a spring morning >
< shining with a liquid luster >
b. obsolete : clearly evident : manifest
c. chiefly Scots law
(1) of an account or obligation : undisputed
(2) of a debt : ascertained and constituted against a debtor by a written obligation or by a court decree
3.
a.
(1) : that is smooth and musical in tone : that has a flowing quality entirely free of harshness or discord or abrupt breaks
< the liquid song of a robin in the early evening >
(2) : that is smooth and unconstrained in movement
< the liquid grace of a ballerina >
b. of a consonant
(1) : that is frictionless and capable of being prolonged like a vowel (as \l\, some varieties of \r\, and in some classifications \n\, \m\, \ŋ\)
(2) : continuant
4. : tending to become altered (as in form or content) : not fixed : not stable
< liquid political agreements that were quite without real significance >
5. : that is cash or capable of being readily converted into cash
< liquid assets >
Synonyms:
fluid: liquid implies a flow characteristic of water and implies a substance, as water, with definite volume but no definite form except that given by its container; figuratively, it is opposed to harsh or, sometimes, fixed or rigid
< its coal and liquid fuel — Current Biography >
< liquid soap >
< the liquid sweetness of the thrush — H.J.Laski >
fluid implies flowing of any kind and extends to gases, to highly viscous substances, or to something usually solid but liquefied, as by heating or dissolving; figuratively, it is, more commonly than liquid, opposed to rigid or fixed
< the memory of him would become as fluid as water and trickle out of her mind — Ellen Glasgow >
< a more fluid oil paint on canvas — National Gallery of Art >
< representatives whose task it should be not to codify and embalm the laws, but to keep them fluid — D.C.Peattie >
< our moral notions are always fluid — J.E.E.Dalberg-Acton >
II. noun
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Etymology: French liquide, from Middle French, from liquide, adjective
1. : a liquid substance — compare gas, solid
2. : a liquid consonant |