liquid

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Adjective

• Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
• Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
• Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
• Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
• Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
• Fluid and transparent.

Related

Opposite words

• solid; gaseous
• illiquid

Origin

• (σύμφωνον)").