liquid
/ˈlɪk.wɪd/ adjective B1- Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure. · liquid nitrogen
- Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. · a liquid melody
- Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly. · /l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.
- Fluid and transparent. · the liquid air
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Madame de Villefort emptied the contents into the ashes, which she disturbed that they might the more readily absorb the liquid; then she carefully rinsed the glass, and wiping it with her handkerchief replaced it on the table.
“Never mind, dearest mother,” said a young and lovely girl, with a profusion of light brown hair, and eyes that seemed to float in liquid crystal, “’tis all my fault for seizing upon M.
One more practiced in the arts of great cities would have hid her blushes beneath a veil, or, at least, have cast down her thickly fringed lashes, so as to have concealed the liquid lustre of her animated eyes; but, on the contrary, the delighted girl looked around her with a smile that seemed to say: “If you are my friends, rejoice with me, for I am very happy.”
Then he thought it was time to make the last trial, and he put the phial to the purple lips of Faria, and without having occasion to force open his jaws, which had remained extended, he poured the whole of the liquid down his throat.
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