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fluid

/ˈfluːɪd/

An illustration for fluid

adjective1 of 2

a material that can easily flow. e.g. water

  • “Blood is the fluid responsible for the circulation of nutrients.”Tatoeba
  • “The doctor tells me to drink plenty of fluids.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

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.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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