FLUID
What does "FLUID" mean?
A substance that flows and takes the shape of its container, such as a liquid or gas.
Meanings
- A liquid or gas; any substance that flows and conforms to its container. The patient was given fluids through a drip overnight.
- Able to flow easily; not solid or fixed. The dancer moved with a fluid, unhurried grace.
- Likely to change; not settled or rigid. Plans for the trip are still fluid. figurative
Did you know?
- To a physicist, air is a fluid: the word covers anything that flows and conforms to its container, so gases and liquids alike count - which is why aircraft wings and ship hulls are studied by the same branch of science, fluid dynamics.
Word origin
From Latin 'fluidus', meaning flowing, from the verb 'fluere', to flow, which also gives 'fluent', 'influence', and 'flux'.
Remember it
FLUID shares its root with 'flow' and 'fluent' - all from Latin 'fluere', to flow.
A little poem
Pour it and it forgets its old shape,
becomes the glass, the cupped hand, the stream-
to be fluid is to owe nothing a form.
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Wordplay
- I asked the physicist if air was a liquid. She said no, but it's fluid - which is just liquid's non-committal cousin.
What it teaches
To stay fluid is not to be weak but to fit whatever holds you without breaking.
Quick facts
What does FLUID mean?
A substance that flows and takes the shape of its container, such as a liquid or gas.
Is FLUID a valid word?
Yes — FLUID is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLUID?
FLUID has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FLUID come from?
From Latin 'fluidus', meaning flowing, from the verb 'fluere', to flow, which also gives 'fluent', 'influence', and 'flux'.
What can FLUID teach us?
To stay fluid is not to be weak but to fit whatever holds you without breaking.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.