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   fluid

   /ˈfluːɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid: "body fluids"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a substance) able to flow easily: "the paint is more fluid than tube watercolours" Similar flowingable to flow easilyliquidliquefiedmeltedmoltenuncongealedrunninggaseousgassytechnical:fluxionalOpposite solid
   • ▪ smoothly elegant or graceful: "her movements were fluid and beautiful to watch" Similar free-flowingflowingfluentsmootheffortlesseasynaturalunbrokenuninterruptedcontinuousgracefulelegantregularrhythmicOpposite jerky
   • ▪ not settled or stable; likely or able to change: "our plans are still fluid" Similar adaptableflexibleadjustableopen-endedopenopen to changechangeablenot fixednot settledvariableversatilefluctuatingchangeablesubject/likely to changeunsteadyshiftingever-shiftingmobileinconstantunstableunsettledturbulentvolatilemercurialproteankaleidoscopicknife-edgeexplosiveOpposite firmstatic
   • 2. (of a clutch or coupling) using a liquid to transmit power.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): from French fluide or Latin fluidus, from fluere ‘to flow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fluidic adjective
   • 2. fluidify verb
   • 3. fluidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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