liquid
pronunciation
How to pronounce liquid in British English:
UK [ˈlɪkwɪd]
How to pronounce liquid in American English:
US [ˈlɪkwɪd]
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- Noun:
- 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
- a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l' and `r')
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- Adjective:
- existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
- filled or brimming with tears
- clear and bright
- changed from a solid to a liquid state
- smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- yielding; lacking any hint of hardness
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
Word Origin
- liquid
- liquid: [14] Latin liquēre meant ‘be fluid’. From it was derived the adjective liquidus, which reached English via Old French (it was not used as a noun in the sense ‘liquid substance’ until the early 18th century). Also derived from liquēre was the noun liquor, which passed into Old French as licur or licour. English has borrowed this twice: first in the 13th century as licour, which was subsequently ‘re-latinized’ as liquor, and then in the 18th century in the form of its modern French descendant liqueur.From the same ultimate source come liquefy [16], liquidate [16] (which goes back to a metaphorical sense of Latin liquēre, ‘be clear’ – thus ‘clear a debt’; the modern meaning ‘destroy’ was directly inspired by Russian likvidirovat’), and the final syllable of prolix[15].=> liquor, prolix
- liquid (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French liquide "liquid, running," from Latin liquidus "fluid, liquid, moist," figuratively "flowing, continuing," from liquere "be fluid," related to liqui "to melt, flow," from PIE *wleik- "to flow, run." Of sounds, from 1630s (the Latin word also was used of sounds). Financial sense of "capable of being converted to cash" is first recorded 1818.
- liquid (n.)
- "a liquid substance," 1709, from liquid (adj.). Earlier it meant "sound of a liquid consonant" (1520s).
Synonym
Example
- 1. The super-heated liquid then drives turbines to generate electricity .
- 2. One planet that might have liquid water was miracle enough .
- 3. In this case , the liquid drops result from rain and fog .
- 4. The small , irregular movements a cup sees can also amplify liquid motion and thus spilling .
- 5. They feature a paint finish that , according to mercedes , gleams like liquid metal .