Meaning of liquid | Babel Free

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1. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
   countable, physical, uncountable
2. liquid; fluid
3. Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
   countable, uncountable
4. One of the three basic forms of matter, composed of molecules that can move short distances. Unlike a solid, a liquid has no fixed shape, but instead has a characteristic readiness to flow and therefore takes on the shape of any container. Unlike a gas, a liquid usually has a volume that remains constant or changes only slightly under pressure.
5. able to flow; not solid, but not a gas. liquid nitrogen; The ice-cream has become liquid. vloeibaar سائِل течен líquido tekutý flüssig flydende ρευστόςlíquido vedel مایع nestemäinen liquideנוזל द्रव, स्पष्ट और स्वच्छ, नकद tekućina folyékony cair fljótandi liquido 液体の 액체의 skystas šķidrs cecair vloeibaarflytendepłynny اوبړن líquido lichid жидкий tekutý tekoč tečan flytande เหลว sıvı, akıcı 液體的 рідкий سیال lỏng 液体的
6. a substance which flows, like water. a clear liquid. vloeistof مادَّه سائِلَه течност líquido tekutina die Flüssigkeit væske υγρόlíquido vedelik چیز آبکی neste liquideנוזל द्रव tekućina folyadék cairan vökvi liquido 液体 액체 skystis šķidrums cecair vloeistofvæskepłyn اوبړن líquido lichid жидкость tekutina tekočina tečnost vätska ของเหลว sıvı 液體 рідина پانی کی طرح، بہنے والا مادہ chất lỏng 液体
7. to make or become liquid. The butter had liquefied in the heat. smelt يُسَيِّل، يُذَوِّب، يُمَيِّع втечнявам (се) liquefazer roztavit se, roztéci schmelzen blive flydende υγροποιώ, υγροποιούμαι licuar sulama تبدیل به مایع کردن nesteytyä liquéfier לַהֲפוֹך לְנוֹזֶל तरल बनाना pretvoriti se u tekućinu cseppfolyósít; megolvad mencair breyta(st) í vökva liquefare, liquefarsi 液化する 액화하다 skystinti, skystėti, (su)skysti pārvērst/pārvērsties šķidrumā mencecairkan vloeibaar maken/worden smelte, gjøre fl...
8. afrekening تَصْفِيَة الحِساب، تَخَلُّص من ликвидация liquidação likvidace die Liquidation likvidering διάλυση, ρευστοποίηση, τελική εξόφληση liquidación (tegevuse) lõpetamine تصفیه؛ انحلال selvitystila liquidationפירוק परिसमापन likvidacija felszámolás, likvidálás likuidasi slit, lok; skiptameðferð þrotabús liquidazione 清算 청산(정리) likvidavimas likvidācija; iznīcināšana pembubaran` liquidatie, eliminatieavvikling, likvidering likwidacja بنديدل،يوځتى كيدل liquidação lichidare ликвидация likvidáci...
9. likwidateur, likwideerder مُصَفٍّ قَضائي، مأمور التَّصْفِيَه ликвидатор liquidante likvidátor, -ka der Liquidator likvidator εκκαθαριστής, εξοφλητής liquidador likvideerija حساب واریز کننده selvitysmies liquidateur/-trice מפרק परिसमापक likvidator felszámoló, likvidátor likuidator skiptastjóri liquidatore 清算人 청산인 likvidatorius likvidators penyelesai` liquidateurlikvidator, bobestyrer likwidator له مينځه وړونكى o que liquida lichidator ликвидатор likvidátor, -ka likvidator likvidator likvidator...
10. to make (food etc) into a liquid or semi-liquid substance by grinding it up in a liquidizer. versap يُمَيِّع الطَّعام بواسِطَة فَرْمِها пасирам liquidificar zkapalnit, rozmělnit zermahlen blende πολτοποιώlicuar püreestama به صورت مایع درآوردن soseuttaa liquéfier לַהֲפוֹך לְנוֹזֶל पीस कर द्रव में बदल देना, बेच कर पैसा इकठ्ठा करना pretvoriti u tekućinu turmixol mencairkan, menghancurkan gera að vökva (í blandara/hrærivél) frullare 液化する 액화하다 sutrinti mikseriu, pertrinti []spiest sulu mengisar ba...
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11. an electrical device used in cookery to grind up food. versapper آلة كَهْرَبائِيَّه لِفَرم الأطْعِمَه وتَمْييعِها пасатор liquidificador mixér die Mühle blender πολτοποιητήςlicuadora (püree)mikser مخلوط کن tehosekoitin mixeur בְּלֶנדֶר, מַמחֶה द्रावक električni aparat za gnječenje voća turmixgép mikser blandari, hrærivél frullatore ミキサー 믹서 mikseris, trintuvė sulu spiede pengisar basah mengbeker moser, saftpressemikser ګډول liquidificador миксер mixér električni mešalec mikser mixer เครื่องบดอ...
12. líquido, fluido;heavy ___ → ___ espeso;
13. The state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow and little or no tendency to disperse, and is amorphous but has a fixed volume and is difficult to compress.

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“A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.”

“The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.”

“Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids (l, r) are more likely to be euphonyms than those that do not.”

“[…]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]”

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