1. The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
   "Water in its liquid state can easily conform to the shape of its container";
   - liquidness, liquidity, liquid state
    
2. A substance that is a fluid at room temperature and pressure
   "Water is the most common liquid on Earth"
    
3. Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
   "The chemist carefully poured the liquid into the beaker"
    
4. A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially 'l' and 'r')
   "The 'l' sound in 'love' is an example of a liquid consonant"

1. Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
   "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
    
2. Changed from a solid to a liquid state
   "The molten metal was now completely liquid";
   - melted, liquified
    
3. Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
   "the liquid song of a robin"
    
4. Unconstrained and flowing smoothly in movement
   "the liquid grace of a ballerina";
   - fluent, fluid, smooth
    
5. In cash or easily convertible to cash
   "liquid assets";
   - fluid
    
6. Filled or brimming with tears
   "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid";
   - swimming
    
7. Clear and bright
   "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid lustre";
   - limpid

Derived forms: liquids

See also: clear, disposable, dissolved, fluid, fusible, graceful, liquefiable, liquefied, liquifiable, liquified, molten, musical, runny, semiliquid, state, state of matter, tearful, thawed, unfrozen, watery

Type of: consonant, fluid, state, state of matter

Antonym: gaseous, solid

Encyclopedia: Liquid