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fluid

UK/ˈfluːɪd/ US/ˈflʉwɪd/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

a continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas

adjective

1.

subject to change; variable

  • “a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty”
  • “everything was unstable following the coup”
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3.

smooth and unconstrained in movement

  • “a long, smooth stride”
  • “the fluid motion of a cat”
  • “the liquid grace of a ballerina”
  • “liquid prose”
4.

in cash or easily convertible to cash

  • “liquid (or fluid) assets”
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5.

affording change (especially in social status)

  • “Britain is not a truly fluid society”
  • “upwardly mobile”
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Origin

From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin fluō (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”).

Phrases

  • amber fluid
  • amniotic fluid
  • amniotic fluid embolism
  • base fluid
  • blinker fluid
  • bodily fluid
  • body fluid
  • brain fluid
  • fluid flywheel

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