gas

UK /ɡæs/ US /ɡæs/
noun 11verb 7adj 2name 2

Definitions

noun

1

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) bec

A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.

Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

2

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) bec

Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.

3

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) bec

The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.

4

A chemical element or compound in such a state.

The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.

5

A hob on a gas cooker.

She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.

verb

1

To attack or kill with poison gas.

The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.

2

To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.

"He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were."

3

To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.

[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”

"Well don't keep on gassing about it," said Digory.

4

To impose upon by talking boastfully.

I went shop and the boss man said "Don't pay me it's fine" and I said ...(whaaat): "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam" ( don't gas me), "You ain't gotta gas, I'm gas fam".

5

To emit gas.

The battery cell was gassing.

noun

1

Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

2

Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.

3

An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.

gas fee

Gas is the fuel of Ethereum. Gas is not ether–it's a separate virtual currency with its own exchange rate against ether. Ethereum uses gas to control the amount of resources that transactions can use[…]

4

Marijuana, typically of high quality.

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