fluid
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
Noun 3 meanings
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
Intravenous fluids.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of or relating to fluid.
In a state of flux; subject to change.
Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
Convertible into cash.
Etymology
From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin fluō (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek φλύειν (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”).
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FLUID at a glance
FLUID has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (F 4 + L 1 + U 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,857 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fluid
All rhymes- LIQUID16
- SQUID15
- QUID14
- DRUID7
- LANGUID9
- GUID6
- ILLIQUID18
- SUPERFLUID16
- SUID5
- GENDERFLUID17
- EQUID15
- NOCTUID10
One letter away
- BLUID8
- FLUED9
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