The meaning of Acid

Acid – definition

noun
A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.
Usage examples:
Trees were exposed to mixtures of heavy metals, acids, and overdoses of nutrients
noun
A molecule or other species which can donate a proton or accept an electron pair in reactions.
Usage examples:
They would like to use their carborane acids to bind protons to atoms of the inert gas xenon.
noun
The drug lsd.
Usage examples:
She didn't have a clue the sweet had acid in it

adjective
Containing acid or having the properties of an acid; having a ph of less than 7.
Usage examples:
Acid soils
adjective
Sharp-tasting or sour.
Usage examples:
Acid fruit
Synonims:
Acidic Sour Tart Bitter Unsweetened Sharp Biting Acrid Pungent Acerbic Vinegary Vinegarish Acetic Acetous Acidulous Acidulated
adjective
(of rock, especially lava) containing a relatively high proportion of silica.
Usage examples:
The magma may start off fairly basic and end up at the close of the eruption much more acid

noun
Any of various chemical substances that can produce salts, some of which are able to damage whatever they touch
Usage examples:
The salad dressing has an acid taste.

Acid translation into English

Acid: translate from English into Chinese

酸, 酸溜溜

Acid: translate from English into Dutch

Zuur, Scherp

Acid: translate from English into French

Acide, Aigre, Revêche

Acid: translate from English into German

Säure, Acid, Sauer, Ätzend, Beißend

Acid: translate from English into Hindi

अम्ल, एसिड, तेज़ाब, खट्टा, तीखा, तेजाब

Acid: translate from English into Italian

Acido, Acidità, Aspro, Agro

Acid: translate from English into Korean

산, 신, 액체, 까다로운, 환각제, 신 것, 산의, 산성의

Acid: translate from English into Russian

Кислота, Кислотный, Кислый, Лсд, Едкий, Язвительный, Язвительность, Ехидство

Acid: translate from English into Spanish

Ácido, Agrio, Mordaz, Áspero

Word origin

early 17th century (in the sense ‘sour-tasting’): from Latin acidus, from acere ‘be sour’.

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Acid synonims

acerbic

adjective
(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
Usage examples:
His acerbic wit

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acetic

adjective
Of or like vinegar or acetic acid.
Usage examples:
Glycin dissolves readily in alkaline or acetic solutions, but is virtually insoluble in plain water.

noun
A clear acid with a strong smell, found in vinegar

All meanings and translations of Acetic

acetous

adjective
Producing or resembling vinegar.
Usage examples:
Acetous fermentation

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acidic

adjective
Having the properties of an acid, or containing acid; having a ph below 7.
Usage examples:
A cocktail of acidic pollutants

noun
Having a ph of less than 7

adjective
Containing or having the chemical characteristics of an acid

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acidulated

adjective
Slightly acidic.
Usage examples:
Use of acidulated fertilizers can lead to long-term soil degradation

verb
Make slightly acidic.
Usage examples:
Add two or three bits of lemon peel to acidulate the water

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acidulous

adjective
Sharp-tasting; sour.
Usage examples:
They are acid, and considered by some to be better than tamarind for the preparation of acidulous d…

adjective
Sour or sharp in taste
Usage examples:
A fruit drink with a pleasantly acidulous taste, an acidulous portrait of the candidate

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acrid

adjective
Unpleasantly bitter or pungent.
Usage examples:
Acrid smoke

adjective
Strong, bitter, and unpleasant
Usage examples:
The electrical fire sent thick clouds of acrid smoke through the office.

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biting

adjective
(of insects and certain other animals) able to wound the skin with a sting or fangs.
Usage examples:
A cream to ward off biting insects

verb
(of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something.
Usage examples:
He bit off a piece of cheese

noun
A bite-sized piece of food; a small snack, appetizer, or canapé.
Usage examples:
The hotel bar serves cocktails and delicious bitings

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bitter

adjective
Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.
Usage examples:
Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun
Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.
Usage examples:
A pint of bitter

adjective
Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet
Usage examples:
The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

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pungent

adjective
Having a sharply strong taste or smell.
Usage examples:
The pungent smell of frying onions

adjective
(of a smell or taste) very strong, sometimes in an unpleasant way
Usage examples:
Pungent odors

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sharp

adjective
(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.
Usage examples:
Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb
Precisely (used after an expression of time).
Usage examples:
The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun
A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.
Usage examples:
Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

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sour

adjective
Having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar.
Usage examples:
She sampled the wine and found it was sour

noun
A drink made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice.
Usage examples:
A rum sour

verb
Make or become sour.
Usage examples:
Water soured with tamarind

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tart

noun
An open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling.
Usage examples:
An apple tart

verb
Dress or make oneself up in order to look attractive.
Usage examples:
I tarted myself up for the night

adjective
Sharp or acid in taste.
Usage examples:
A tart apple

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unsweetened

adjective
(of food or drink) without sugar or a similar substance having been added.
Usage examples:
Unsweetened grapefruit juice

adjective
With no sugar or other sweet substances added
Usage examples:
Unsweetened cranberry juice

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vinegary

adjective
Tasting of or containing vinegar.
Usage examples:
Onions in a sharp, vinegary sauce

adjective
Tasting or smelling like vinegar
Usage examples:
The wine was unpleasant and vinegary., a vinegary smell, i didn't want to become a vinegary old lady.

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