fluid
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈfluːɪd/
- It's keeping it superheated and fluid, which is why it's moving so fast.
- remain fluid
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Examples
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The discomfort appeared to reflect a decrease in the fluid level of the middle ear.
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The strangely full and fluid cloud sheds some pale yellow light on the scene below.
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By letting the fluid flow to the tank, the condition called "fluid lock" is avoided.
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Because the oxidized material is fluid, it requires much less force to be removed.
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Dresses were often cut on the bias, creating a narrow although fluid shape that highlighted women's bodies.
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Such analyses fail to recognize that social identities are fluid and intersect with one another on multiple axes.
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The artist created a beautiful fluid design that seemed to change shape with the light.
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She preferred fabrics that had a fluid texture, allowing her to move gracefully while dancing.
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The river flowed with fluid ease, gently winding around the rocks in its path.
Synonyms
1
4.7
Can move and spread easily like a thin liquid
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
11
4.2
Clear slightly yellow liquid that surrounds and protects a developing baby in the womb
- Specialized
10
2.8
A liquid from the body of people and animals, for example blood, saliva or urine
- Specialized
8
4.1
A clear, colorless liquid that surrounds and protects the brain and the nerves inside the spine
- Specialized
2
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
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3.2
A unit for measuring small amounts of liquid, about 28 millilitres in Britain and about 30 millilitres in America
- 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
- Specialized
1
7.0
Fluid between the body's cells that carries nutrients and oxygen and removes waste
- Specialized
1
4.9
Fluid outside body cells, like blood plasma and fluid between cells, that carries salts and proteins
- Specialized
1
5.7
The liquid inside a cell that contains dissolved substances the cell needs
- Specialized
The clear watery fluid that surrounds and protects a baby in the womb
- Archaic
A device that uses fluid to send engine power to the transmission smoothly
How Fluid
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fluid comes from the Latin fluere, meaning 'to flow', like the everyday word flow. So a 'fluid' material is one that can move and take new shapes easily, not solid or fixed.