Gas
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Etymology 1
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From Dutch gas, a word coined by chemist Van Helmont. Perhaps inspired by Dutch & Flemish gheest "breath, vapour, spirit" or from Ancient Greek χάος (khaos), “‘chasm, void’”). More at ghost, ghastly
Noun
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- (uncountable, chemistry) Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.
- A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder
- (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases
- (uncountable) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating or electricity generation.
- Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
- (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.
- (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- He is such a gas!
- (baseball) A fastball.
- The closer threw him nothing but gas.
Synonyms
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- (state of matter): vapor / vapour
- (digestive process): wind, fart (when gas is released) (US, slang)
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Etymology 2
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Shortened from gasoline.
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- (uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
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Verb
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to Gas (third-person singular simple present gases or gasses, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)
- (US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
- The cops are coming. Gas it!
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel
Etymology 3
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Confer slang term "a gas", above.
Adjective
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Gas (not comparable)|
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- (Irish, colloquial) comical, zany.
- Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
- It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.
Usage notes
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- This is common in speech, but rarely used in writing.
Anagrams
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Dutch
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Wikipedia nl
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Gas n. (plural gassen)
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Galician
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Noun
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Gas m. (plural gases)
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- (gas): vapor
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Icelandic
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Noun
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Gas n.
- gas (state of matter)
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Indonesian
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Noun
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Gas
Interlingua
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Noun
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Gas
Irish
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Pronunciation
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- IPA: [ɡasˠ]
Noun
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Gas m.
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- First declension
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| gas | ghas | ngas | |
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Italian
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Gas m.
- gas (state of matter, petroleum)
- petrol
- poison gas
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- benzina (petroleum)
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Rohingya
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Etymology
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From Patrono:Bn[[Category:rhg:Patrono:Bn derivations|Gas]].
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Gas [[Category:Patrono:Rhg nouns|Gas]]
Serbo-Croatian
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Noun
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gȃs m. (Cyrillic spelling га̑с)
- (Bosnian, Serbian) gas (state of matter)
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| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | gȃs | gásovi |
| genitive | gasa | gásōvā |
| dative | gasu | gasovima |
| accusative | gas | gasove |
| vocative | gase | gasovi |
| locative | gasu | gasovima |
| instrumental | gasom | gasovima |
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- (Croatian): plȋn
Spanish
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Gas m. (plural gases)|
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Swedish
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| Inflection for Gas | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | Gas | Gasen | Gaser | Gaserna |
| Possessive form | gas | Gasens | Gasers | Gasernas |
Gas c.
- gas; a state of matter
- gas; a compound or element in such a state
- gas; gaseous fuels
- (plural only: gaser) gas; waste gas
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- avgas
- biogas
- gasbehållare
- gasformig
- gasledning
- gaslykta
- gaslåga
- gasverk
- ge gas / ge mer gas / gasa. To accelerate a motor vehicle.
- ha gaser
- naturgas
- rötgas
- stadsgas
- sumpgas
West Frisian
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- [[w:Patrono:Fy phonology|IPA]]: /gas/
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Gas n. [[Category:Patrono:Fy nouns|Gas]]
af:gas zh-min-nan:gas de:gas et:gas el:gas es:gas fa:gas fr:gas gl:gas ko:gas hr:gas io:gas is:gas it:gas kn:gas kk:gas lo:gas lt:gas li:gas hu:gas ml:gas my:gas nl:gas ja:gas no:gas oc:gas pl:gas ru:gas simple:gas sr:gas fi:gas sv:gas tl:gas ta:gas te:gas th:gas tr:gas vi:gas wo:gas zh:gas