The meaning of Fluid

adjective

(especially of long hair or clothing) hanging or draping loosely and gracefully.

Usage examples:

A long flowing gown of lavender silk

verb

(of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.

Usage examples:

From here the river flows north

adjective

Moving in one direction, especially continuously and easily

Usage examples:

A fast-flowing river, flowing movements/lines, i thought i recognized your flowing script., i remem…

adjective

Subject to flux.

Usage examples:

This indicates that the helix is probably fluxional even when the receptor is not activated.

noun

A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).

Usage examples:

Hot balls of gas that become stars

adjective

Short for gasoline.

Usage examples:

We stopped for gas

noun

A form of matter that is neither solid nor liquid and can increase in size to fill any container

Usage examples:

We’re running low on gas., hundreds of thousands of soldiers were gassed in world war i.

adjective

Relating to or having the characteristics of a gas.

Usage examples:

Gaseous emissions from motor vehicles

adjective

Resembling or full of gas.

Usage examples:

The beer was served too gassy and too cold

adjective

Feeling that your stomach is full of gas

noun

The liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables.

Usage examples:

Add the juice of a lemon

verb

Extract the juice from (fruit or vegetables).

Usage examples:

Juice one orange at a time

noun

The liquid that comes from fruits and vegetables

Usage examples:

[ u ] orange/tomato juice, [ c ] fruit juices, i’ve fixed the wiring, so you can turn the juice bac…

verb

Make or become liquid.

Usage examples:

The minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas

verb

Past simple and past participle of liquefy

Usage examples:

Gases liquefy under pressure., to liquefy it, the gas is cooled to minus 260 degrees., if we were t…

noun

A substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.

Usage examples:

Drink plenty of liquids

adjective

A consonant produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the sides of the tongue (typically l and r ).

noun

A substance that flows easily and is neither a gas nor a solid

Usage examples:

Liquid assets

adjective

Having become liquefied by heating.

Usage examples:

Asparagus with melted butter

verb

Make or become liquefied by heat.

Usage examples:

The hot metal melted the wax

adjective

Having turned soft or into a liquid

Usage examples:

Melted butter/chocolate/cheese

noun

Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface.

Usage examples:

The air was constantly heavy with moisture

noun

Very small drops of water, either in the air or on a surface

Usage examples:

It was a clear day with little moisture in the air.

adjective

(especially of materials with a high melting point, such as metal and glass) liquefied by heat.

Usage examples:

A spectacular form of heat advection occurs when molten rock, or magma, erupts from a volcano.

adjective

(esp. of metal or rock) melted or made liquid by being heated to very high temperatures

noun

The action or movement of a runner.

Usage examples:

His running tore united to shreds

adjective

(of water) flowing naturally or supplied to a building through pipes and taps.

Usage examples:

Hot and cold running water

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

The fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts.

Usage examples:

Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

noun

A means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation.

Usage examples:

There are no easy solutions to financial and marital problems

A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances

noun

A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid.

Usage examples:

Dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour

verb

Talk in a vacuous, boasting, or pompous way.

Usage examples:

He was vapouring on about the days of his youth

noun

Gas or extremely small drops of liquid that result from the heating of a liquid or solid

Usage examples:

The hollow glass tank contains hot mercury vapour., poisonous vapours burst out of the factory duri…