liquid
nounadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //ˈlɪk.wɪd//
- /[ˈlɪk.wɪd]/
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
noun
- 1
A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
- 2
Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids (l, r) are more likely to be euphonyms than those that do not.
[…]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti Proto-Italic *(w)likʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).
adjective
- 1
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
liquid nitrogen
- 2
Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- 3
Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- 4
Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
a liquid melody
- 5
Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
/l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.
- 6
Fluid and transparent.
the liquid air
Forms
- plural
- liquids
- comparative
- more liquid
- superlative
- most liquid
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