Liquid - Definition

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"; "sorrow made
the eyes of many grow liquid" [syn: liquid, swimming]
3: clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes
shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes" [syn:
liquid, limpid]
4: changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to
overflowing by melted snow" [syn: melted, liquid,
liquified] [ant: unmelted]
5: smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness;
"the liquid song of a robin"
6: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a
ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth]
7: in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid)
assets" [syn: fluid, liquid]
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: liquid,
liquidness, liquidity, liquid state]
3: fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
4: a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant
(especially `l' and `r')