| gas | |
| 1. n. (chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate 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) | |
| A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder. | |
| 2. n. (chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state. | |
| The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases. | |
| 3. n. A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines i | |
| Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones. | |
| 4. n. A hob on a gas cooker. | |
| She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven. | |
| 5. n. (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process. | |
| My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas. | |
| 6. n. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person. | |
| He is such a gas! | |
| 7. n. (baseball) A fastball. | |
| The closer threw him nothing but gas. | |
| 8. n. (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas. | |
| 9. v. To kill with poisonous gas. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To talk, chat. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To emit gas. | |
| The battery cell was gassing. | |
| 12. v. To impregnate with gas. | |
| to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder | |
| 13. v. To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers. | |
| to gas thread | |
| 14. n. (US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel. | |
| 15. n. (US) Gas pedal. | |
| 16. v. (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it. | |
| The cops are coming. Gas it! | |
| 17. v. (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel. | |
| 18. adj. (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany; fun, amusing | |
| Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man. | |
| It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom. | |
| 19. adj. topics, en, Automotive, Matter | |
