fluid
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈfluːɪd/
:
fluido
- His voice was soft and fluid, like sand falling on a stone.
- fluid movement
- fluid and graceful
I mean, you can't really get fluid style either.
- I mean, you can't really get fluid style either.
- Listen to yourself and be as fluid as water, right?
- It has this really fluid time feel.
- Like the guy's perfect, fluid, totally like seamless, seamless.
- And again, live juggling you, you get the the superb, fluid, dynamic, creative dance performance.
- Have them walking around describing what they do and and have it be very fluid and very mobile.
Examples
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So, the movement has to be fluid, like the water.
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However, his performance is also fluid, depending on his mood and the reception of the audience.
Academic text (2006) -
It's just an overall really nice fluid experience.
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Very, very, very fluid shots with this.
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Like keep it very fluid and flowing.
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The android turns in one fluid movement, its eyes finding her.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then she closed the drawer and turned back to face him in a powerful, fluid motion.
Fiction book (1998) -
Okasan moved through the rooms as if a ballet dancer: fluid, careful, light on her feet, concentrated in her expression.
Fiction book (1996) -
His movements are fluid, dance-like, as he weaves a spell over David and Les.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dancer's movements were fluid and graceful, captivating everyone in the audience.
Synonyms
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1.0
Moving or happening in an even, easy way without sudden problems
24
4.2
Smooth and flowing in movement or sound, like water
9
7.5
Thin and able to move easily and gracefully like a dancer
1
3.9
Moving smoothly and easily without stiffness
1
3.9
Moving smoothly and elegantly without sudden or awkward movements
1
3.7
The smooth movement of water or air
A smooth, continuous style of movement, music, or writing
Having smooth, flowing movement like a liquid
Feels smooth and flows easily, like music or movement
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
9
4.2
Clear slightly yellow liquid that surrounds and protects a developing baby in the womb
- Specialized
8
4.1
A clear, colorless liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and the nerves inside the spine
- Specialized
7
2.8
A liquid from the body of people and animals, for example blood, saliva or urine
- Specialized
3
5.3
A clear liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord
- Specialized
1
4.1
A thick slippery liquid inside joints that helps them move smoothly
- Specialized
1
5.7
A mix of water, clay, and chemicals that cools and lubricates the drill, removes cuttings, and stabilizes the hole walls
- Specialized
1
4.7
The study of how liquids and gases move and the forces that act on them
1
3.2
A unit for measuring small amounts of liquid, about 28 millilitres in Britain and about 30 millilitres in America
- Specialized
The clear watery fluid that surrounds and protects a baby in the womb
- Specialized
Fluid outside body cells, like blood plasma and fluid between cells, that carries salts and proteins
- Archaic
A device that uses fluid to send engine power to the transmission smoothly
- Specialized
Fluid between the body's cells that carries nutrients and oxygen and removes waste
- Specialized
The liquid inside a cell that contains dissolved substances the cell needs
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fluid comes from the Latin fluere, meaning 'to flow', like the everyday word flow. So if a movement is 'fluid' it moves smoothly and without stiffness, as if it flows.