Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Mercury and air are fluid, but not liquid.

Soft; clear; flowing; smooth; as liquid melody.

Pronounced without any jar; smooth; as a liquid letter.

Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as a liquid debt. Obs.

A fluid or flowing substance; a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane; as water, wine, milk.

In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as I and r, in blaM and n are also called liquids.