Definition of: liquid

(lik′wid) adjective
1. Flowing, or capable of flowing; being a liquid.
2. Limpid; clear.
3. Physics Composed of molecules having free movement among themselves, but without a separative tendency like that of gases.
4. Flowing smoothly; mellifluous: liquid tones.
5. Containing or suggesting liquid; watery.
6. Phonet. Pronounced with a smoothly flowing sound; vowel–like, as (l) and (r).
7. Easily or quickly converted into cash: liquid assets. See synonyms for FLUID.
—noun
1. Physics A substance in that state in which the particles move freely among themselves and remain in one mass; a fluid which differs from a gas in not diffusing through the entire volume of a containing vessel.
2. Phonet. The consonants (l) and (r). [<F liquide <L liquidus <liquere be liquid]
—li·quid·i·ty (li·kwid′·ə·tē), liq′uid·ness noun
—liq′uid·ly adverb