gas

Pronunciation: /ɡæs/

The English word “gas” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

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 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.
Poison gas.
A chemical element or compound in such a state.
A hob on a gas cooker.
Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
A humorous or entertaining event, person, or thing.
Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
A fastball.
Arterial or venous blood gas.
Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.

verb

To attack or kill with poison gas.
To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
To impose upon by talking boastfully.
To emit gas.
To impregnate with gas.
To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

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