liquid

Meanings

• a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
• the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
• fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
• a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
• existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
  • "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
• filled or brimming with tears
  • "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"
• clear and bright
  • "the liquid air of a spring morning"
  • "eyes shining with a liquid luster"
• changed from a solid to a liquid state
• smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
  • "the liquid song of a robin"
• smooth and unconstrained in movement
  • "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
• in cash or easily convertible to cash
  • "liquid (or fluid) assets"

Synonyms

fluent, fluid, limpid, liquid state, liquidity, liquidness, liquified, melted, smooth, swimming