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1. The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
   - liquidness, liquidity, liquid state
    
2. A substance that is a fluid at room temperature and pressure
    
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')

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
   "rivers filled to overflowing by liquid snow";
   - melted, liquified
    
3. Filled or brimming with tears
   "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid";
   - swimming
    
4. Clear and bright
   "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid lustre";
   - limpid
    
5. Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
   "the liquid song of a robin"
    
6. Unconstrained and flowing smoothly in movement
   "the liquid grace of a ballerina";
   - fluent, fluid, smooth
    
7. In cash or easily convertible to cash
   "liquid assets";
   - fluid

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