liquid

adj 1: existing as or have 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"; "watery

eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" [syn: {swimming},

{watery}]

3: clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning";

"eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"

[syn: {limpid}]

4: changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to

overflowing by melted snow" [syn: {melted}, {liquified}]

[ant: {unmelted}]

5: smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness;

"the liquid song of a robin"

6: yielding; lacking any hint of hardness; "the liquid

stillness of the night enveloping him"; "the liquid brown

eyes of a spaniel"

7: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth

stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of

a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: {flowing}, {fluent}, {fluid},

{smooth}]

8: in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid)

assets" [syn: {fluid}]

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: {liquidness},

{liquidity}]

3: a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed

shape but a fixed volume

4: a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l' and `r')