gas
Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only…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.
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» Did you turn off the gas?
Hast du das Gas abgedreht? — Esperantostern
Ты выключил газ? — Selena777
Ты выключила газ? — Selena777
Вы выключили газ? — Selena777
Ты газ выключил? — marafon
Вы газ выключили? — marafon
Ты газ выключила? — marafon
Ти вимкнув газ? — deniko
Ти вимкнула газ? — deniko
Ви вимкнули газ? — deniko
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Examples
1072 sentencesDid you turn off the gas?
Ти вимкнув газ? — deniko
ruТы выключил газ? — Selena777
deHast du das Gas abgedreht? — Esperantostern
I'm sure I turned off the gas.
Я певен, що вимкнув газ. — deniko
ruЯ уверен, что выключил газ. — odexed
In case of an earthquake, turn off the gas.
У разі землетрусу вимкніть газ. — brambury
ruВ случае землетрясения выключите газ. — al_ex_an_der
deBei Erdbeben das Gas ausschalten! — Waldelfe
Meaning
14 senses(physical, uncountable)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.
A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.
Gas
газgaz
газhaz
(Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US, uncountable)Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
Benzin
бензи́нbenzín
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.
(physical, 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.
Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
газgaz, приро́дный газpriródnyj gaz
газhaz, приро́дний газpryródnyj haz
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
More meanings 11
(countable, uncountable)A fastball.
The closer threw him nothing but gas.
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.
(physical, uncountable)Poison gas.
The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.
газgaz
газhaz
(countable, physical)A chemical element or compound in such a state.
The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.
(countable)A hob on a gas cooker.
She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.
(uncountable)Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.
(uncountable)An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
gas fee
(attributive, countable, often, uncountable)The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)Arterial or venous blood gas.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
Origin
Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. DerBorrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae. Derived from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”); perhaps also inspired by geest (“breath, vapour, spirit”). Doublet of chaos. First attested in 1648.
Clipping of gasoline. Slang forms popularized on TikTok by Gen Z.
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Forms
plural: gases / gassesSynonyms
24 synonyms- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container:gaseous state
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines:gasolinegasolenepetrol
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal:flatulenceflatulency
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve:acceleratoraccelerator pedalgas pedalthrottlegun
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes:natural gas
Word family
173 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- out of gas
- tear gas
- gas station
- off the gas
- a gas station
- fired tear gas
- of gas on
- tank of gas
- gas mileage
- next gas station
- the gas tank
- gas mask
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.