Liquid \Liq"uid\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere
   to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[imac] to ooze, drop,
   l[imac] to melt.]
   1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
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            Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water
            which will receive no step.           --Tyndale.
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   2. (Physics) Being in such a state that the component
      molecules move freely among themselves, but have a
      definite volume changing only slightly with changes of
      pressure, and do not tend to separate from each other as
      the particles of gases and vapors do when the volume of
      the container is increased; neither solid nor gaseous; as,
      liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or
      in a state of vapor.

   Note: Liquid substances may form a definite interface with
         gases, whereas the molecules of different gases freely
         intermingle with each other.
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   3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions
      or harsh tones. "Liquid melody." --Crashaw.
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   4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and
      r are liquid letters.
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   5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
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   6. Clear; definite in terms or amount. [Obs.] "Though the
      debt should be entirely liquid." --Ayliffe.

   7. (Finance) In cash or readily convertible into cash without
      loss of principle; -- said of assets, such as bank
      accounts, or short-term bonds tradable on a major stock
      exchange.
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   Liquid glass. See Soluble glass, under Glass.
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	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 gaseous and has a definite volume independent,
      of the container in which it is held. Liquids have a fixed
      volume at any given pressure, but their shape is
      determined by the container in which it is contained.
      Liquids, in contrast to gases, cannot expand indefinitely
      to fill an expanding container, and are only slightly
      compressible by application of pressure.
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   Note: Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but
         fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are
         fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not
         liquids.
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   2. (Phon.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or
      which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla,
      bra. M and n also are called liquids.
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   Liquid measure, a measure, or system of measuring, for
      liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.
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	liquid
     adj 1: existing as or having 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')

	

	199 Moby Thesaurus words for "liquid":
   accented, alcoholic drink, allophone, alveolar, apical,
   apico-alveolar, apico-dental, aquatic, aqueous, articulated,
   articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back,
   barytone, beverage, bilabial, blood, bright, brilliant, broad,
   cacuminal, central, cerebral, check, checked, clear, close,
   consonant, consonantal, continuant, convertible, dental, diphthong,
   dissimilated, dissimilation, dorsal, drink, drinkable,
   epenthetic vowel, explosive, flat, flowing, fluent, fluid,
   fluid extract, fluid mechanics, fluidal, fluidic, fluxible,
   fluxile, fluxional, fluxionary, front, frosted, frosted shake,
   glide, glossal, glottal, glottalization, golden, guttural, hard,
   heavy, high, honeyed, hydrated, hydraulic, hydraulics,
   hydrogeology, hydrous, intonated, juice, juicy, labial,
   labialization, labiodental, labiovelar, laryngeal, lateral, latex,
   lax, light, limpid, lingual, liquefied, liquid extract, liquidy,
   liquor, low, malt, manner of articulation, mellifluent, mellow,
   melted, mid, milk, modification, molten, monophthong,
   monophthongal, morphophoneme, mute, muted, narrow, nasal,
   nasalized, negotiable, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal,
   palatalized, parasitic vowel, peak, pharyngeal, pharyngealization,
   pharyngealized, phone, phoneme, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch,
   pitched, plashy, plosive, pop, posttonic, potable, potation,
   profitable, prothetic vowel, retroflex, rounded, running, runny,
   sap, sappy, segmental phoneme, semiliquid, semivowel, shake,
   shining, sloppy, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft, soft drink,
   solution, solvent, sonant, sonority, speech sound, splashy, stop,
   stopped, stressed, strong, succulent, surd, swashy, syllabic,
   syllabic nucleus, syllabic peak, syllable, tense, thick, throaty,
   tonal, tonic, transition sound, translucent, transparent,
   triphthong, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar,
   vocable, vocalic, vocoid, voice, voiced, voiced sound, voiceless,
   voiceless sound, voicing, vowel, vowellike, water, waterish,
   watery, weak, whey, wide