gas
IPA: gˈæs
noun
- (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (slang, dated) A humorous or entertaining event, person or thing.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- A commune in Eure-et-Loir, France.
- A city in Kansas.
- (uncountable, Canada, US, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal. [(Canada, US, automobiles) Accelerator; foot control for fuel flow.]
- Acronym of group A Streptococcus.
verb
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
adjective
- (slang) Comical, zany; fun, amusing.
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Examples of "gas" in Sentences
- Natural gas can re industrialize the U.S.
- The gas emitted from the cars pollute the air.
- She intentionally releases the gas into the air.
- Abby intentionally releases the gas into the air.
- Also transacting the property is a natural gas pipeline.
- The gas flows uphill, carving channels in the underlying soil.
- The device is advantageous in low resistivity for the gas flow.
- The process is especially useful for liquefaction of natural gas.
- Gas flow is then discontinued, and the finger withdrawn from the thimble.
- The direction of flow of the exhaust gas is transverse to that of the adsorbent.
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