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gas
(găs)n. pl. gas·es or gas·ses
1.
a. 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.
b. A substance in the gaseous state.
2. Any of various mixtures of flammable gases used for lighting, heating, or cooking.
3. Gasoline.
4. The speed control of a gasoline engine. Used with the: Step on the gas.
5. A gaseous asphyxiant, irritant, or poison.
6. A gaseous anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide.
7.
a. Flatulence.
b. Flatus.
8. Slang Idle or boastful talk.
9. Slang Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining: The party was a gas.
v. gassed, gas·sing, gas·es or gas·ses
v. tr.
1. To treat chemically with gas.
2. To overcome, disable, or kill with poisonous fumes.
v. intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To give off gas.
2. Slang To talk excessively.
gas up
To supply a vehicle with gas or gasoline: gas up a car; gassed up before the trip.
[Dutch, an occult physical principle supposed to be present in all bodies, alteration of Greek khaos, chaos, empty space, coined by Jan Baptista van Helmont (1577-1644), Flemish chemist.]
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gas
(ɡæs)n, pl gases or gasses
1. (General Physics) a substance in a physical state in which it does not resist change of shape and will expand indefinitely to fill any container. If very high pressure is applied a gas may become liquid or solid, otherwise its density tends towards that of the condensed phase. Compare liquid1, solid1
2. (General Physics) any substance that is gaseous at room temperature and atmospheric pressure
3. (General Physics) any gaseous substance that is above its critical temperature and therefore not liquefiable by pressure alone. Compare vapour2
4. (Elements & Compounds)
a. a fossil fuel in the form of a gas, used as a source of domestic and industrial heat. See also coal gas, natural gas
b. (as modifier): a gas cooker; gas fire.
5. (Pharmacology) a gaseous anaesthetic, such as nitrous oxide
6. (Mining & Quarrying) mining firedamp or the explosive mixture of firedamp and air
8. step on the gas informal
a. to increase the speed of a motor vehicle; accelerate
b. to hurry
9. (Military) a toxic or suffocating substance in suspension in air used against an enemy
10. informal idle talk or boasting
11. slang a delightful or successful person or thing: his latest record is a gas.
12. (Physiology) US an informal name for flatus
vb, gases, gasses, gassing or gassed
13. (tr) to provide or fill with gas
14. (tr) to subject to gas fumes, esp so as to asphyxiate or render unconscious
15. (General Physics) (intr) to give off gas, as in the charging of a battery
16. (Textiles) (tr) (in textiles) to singe (fabric) with a flame from a gas burner to remove unwanted fibres
17. informal (foll by: to) to talk in an idle or boastful way (to a person)
18. (tr) slang chiefly US and Canadian to thrill or delight
[C17 (coined by J. B. van Helmont (1577–1644), Flemish chemist): modification of Greek khaos atmosphere]
ˈgasless adj
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gas
(gæs)n., pl. gas•es, n.
1. a fluid substance with the ability to expand indefinitely, as opposed to a solid or a liquid.
2. any such fluid or mixture of fluids, used as a fuel, anesthetic, asphyxiating agent, etc.
3.
a. gasoline.
b. the foot-operated accelerator of an automotive vehicle.
4. flatus.
5. an explosive mixture of firedamp with air.
6. Slang.
v.t. a. empty talk.
b. a person or thing that is very entertaining or successful.
7. to supply with gas.
8. to overcome, poison, or asphyxiate with gas or fumes.
9. to treat or impregnate with gas.
10. Slang.
v.i. a. to talk nonsense to.
b. to amuse or affect strongly.
11. to give off gas, as a storage battery being charged.
12. Slang.
a. to indulge in idle, empty talk.
b. to become drunk (often fol. by up).
13. gas up, to fill the gasoline tank of an automobile or other vehicle.
Idioms: step on the gas, to increase one's speed; hurry.
[1650–60; coined by J. B. van Helmont (1577–1644), Flemish chemist; suggested by Greek cháos atmosphere]
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gas
(găs) One of the three basic forms of matter, composed of molecules in constant random motion. Unlike a solid, a gas has no fixed shape and will take on the shape of the space available. Unlike a liquid, it has no fixed volume and will expand to fill the space available.
gaseous (găs′ē-əs, găsh′əs) adjective
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gas
– petrol1. 'gas'
In British and American English, the air-like substance that burns easily and that is used for cooking and heating is called gas.
In American English, the liquid that is used as fuel for vehicles is also called gas, or gasoline.
I'm sorry I'm late. I had to stop for gas.
2. 'petrol'
In British English, this liquid is called petrol.
Petrol only costs 90p per gallon there.
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Past participle: gassed
Gerund: gassing
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| Noun | 1. |  gas - 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 containerstate of matter, state - (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" |
| 2. | gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely atmosphere - the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body argonon, inert gas, noble gas - any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table atomic number 17, chlorine, Cl - a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water) atomic number 9, fluorine, F - a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite atomic number 1, H, hydrogen - a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe atomic number 7, N, nitrogen - a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues atomic number 8, O, oxygen - a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust butane - occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels propane - colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel afterdamp - a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine firedamp - a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air arsine - a poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare nitrogen dioxide - a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2) nitric oxide - a poisonous red-brown gas (NO) blow gas, blowing gas - the gas leaving a generator during a blow period cyanogen - a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare air - a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air" compressed gas - gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant ethene, ethylene - a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic air gas, producer gas - a gas made of carbon monoxide and hydrogen and nitrogen; made by passing air over hot coke formaldehyde, methanal - a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol greenhouse emission, greenhouse gas - a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation bottled gas, liquefied petroleum gas - hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure water gas - a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with small amounts of other gases; made by blowing steam over hot coke or coal ideal gas, perfect gas - a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces inhalant - something that is inhaled fluid - continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas methane - a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel ozone - a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation) phosgene - a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare phosphine - a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide poison gas - a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare mephitis - a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth sewer gas - foul-smelling gas that forms in sewers sublimate - the product of vaporization of a solid sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide - a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas, teargas - a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | |
| 3. |  gas - a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion enginesgasohol - a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn leaded gasoline, leaded petrol - gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks; "combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning" fuel - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" hydrocarbon - an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen napalm - gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers unleaded gasoline, unleaded petrol - gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound | |
| 4. | gas - a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions | |
| 5. |  gas - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" | |
| 6. |  gas - a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homesfossil fuel - fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content methane - a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel | |
| Verb | 1. | gas - attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" teargas - attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes; "The students were teargassed during the riot" |
| 2. |  gas - show off puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
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gas
noun
2. (U.S., Canad., & N.Z.) petrol, gasoline a tank of gas
Gases
Types of gas acetylene, afterdamp, ammonia, argon, arsine, biogas, butadiene, butane, butene, Calor gas (trademark), carbon dioxide or carbonic-acid gas, carbon monoxide, chlorine, coal gas, compressed natural gas (CNG), cyanogen, diazomethane, diborane, dichlorodifluoromethane, electrolytic gas, ethane, ethylene, flue gas, fluorine, formaldehyde, helium, hydrogen, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen iodide, hydrogen sulphide, ketene, krypton, laughing gas or nitrous oxide (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), marsh gas, methane, methylamine, methyl bromide, methyl chloride, natural gas, neon, nitric oxide, nitrogen, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, oilgas, oxygen, ozone, phosgene, phosphine, producer gas or air gas, propane, radon, sewage gas, stibine, synthetic natural gas (SNG), sulphur dioxide, synthesis gas, tail gas, tetrafluoroethene, tetrafluoroethylene, town gas, vinyl chloride, water gas, xenon
Chemical warfare gases blister gas, CS gas, lewisite, mustard gas, nerve gas, nitrogen mustard, sarin, soman, tabun, tear gas, VX
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gas
noun1. Slang. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:
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Translations
غازغَازغاز التَّخْديرغاز الطَّبْخغاز سام
plynslzný plynbenzínotrávit plynem
gasgassegiftgaslattergaståregas
kaasubensabensiini
plin
érzéstelenítõgáz
gasgasolina
beita gasi ágaslofttegundsvæfingagastáragas
ガスガソリン気体
가스
apnuodyti dujomisbenzinasdujinisdujokaukėdujos
gāzesaindēt/nogalināt ar gāzi
plynslzotvorný plynbenzínotráviť plynom
plin
plin
gasgaser
แก๊ซ
gazgazla zehirlemekzehirli gazanestezide kullanılan gaz karışımı
khí ga
gas
[gæs]A. N (gas(s)es (pl))
2. (US) (= petrol) → gasolina f, nafta f (S. Cone), bencina f (Chile)
to step on the gas → acelerar, pisar el acelerador
to step on the gas → acelerar, pisar el acelerador
5. (esp US) (Med) (= wind) → gases mpl, flatulencia f
D. CPD [industry, pipe] → de gas
gas bracket N → brazo m de lámpara de gas
gas burner N → mechero m de gas
gas can N (US) → bidón m de gasolina
gas canister N = gas cylinder gas chamber N → cámara f de gas
gas cooker N → cocina f de or a gas
gas cylinder N → bombona f de gas
gas fire N → estufa f de gas
gas fitter N → fontanero m (especializado en lo relacionado con el gas)
gas fittings NPL → instalación fsing de gas
gas guzzler N → chupagasolina m inv vehículo que consume mucha gasolina
gas heater N = gas fire gas jet N → llama f de mechero de gas
gas leak N → escape m de gas
gas lighter N → encendedor m de gas
gas lighting N → alumbrado m de gas
gas main N → cañería f maestra de gas
gas mantle N → manguito m incandescente
gas mask N → careta f antigás
gas meter N → contador m de gas, medidor m de gas (LAm)
gas oil N → gasóleo m
gas oven N → cocina f de or a gas
gas pedal N (esp US) → acelerador m
gas pipe N → tubo m de gas
gas pipeline N → gasoducto m
gas pump N (US) (in car) → bomba f de gasolina; (in gas station) → surtidor m de gasolina
gas ring N → fuego m de gas
gas station N (US) → gasolinera f, estación f de servicio, bencinera f (Chile), grifo m (Peru)
gas stove N → cocina f de or a gas
gas tank N (US) (Aut) → tanque m or depósito m (de gasolina)
gas tap N → llave f del gas
gas turbine N → turbina f de gas
gas worker N → trabajador(a) m/f de la compañía de gas
gas bracket N → brazo m de lámpara de gas
gas burner N → mechero m de gas
gas can N (US) → bidón m de gasolina
gas canister N = gas cylinder gas chamber N → cámara f de gas
gas cooker N → cocina f de or a gas
gas cylinder N → bombona f de gas
gas fire N → estufa f de gas
gas fitter N → fontanero m (especializado en lo relacionado con el gas)
gas fittings NPL → instalación fsing de gas
gas guzzler N → chupagasolina m inv vehículo que consume mucha gasolina
gas heater N = gas fire gas jet N → llama f de mechero de gas
gas leak N → escape m de gas
gas lighter N → encendedor m de gas
gas lighting N → alumbrado m de gas
gas main N → cañería f maestra de gas
gas mantle N → manguito m incandescente
gas mask N → careta f antigás
gas meter N → contador m de gas, medidor m de gas (LAm)
gas oil N → gasóleo m
gas oven N → cocina f de or a gas
gas pedal N (esp US) → acelerador m
gas pipe N → tubo m de gas
gas pipeline N → gasoducto m
gas pump N (US) (in car) → bomba f de gasolina; (in gas station) → surtidor m de gasolina
gas ring N → fuego m de gas
gas station N (US) → gasolinera f, estación f de servicio, bencinera f (Chile), grifo m (Peru)
gas stove N → cocina f de or a gas
gas tank N (US) (Aut) → tanque m or depósito m (de gasolina)
gas tap N → llave f del gas
gas turbine N → turbina f de gas
gas worker N → trabajador(a) m/f de la compañía de gas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
gas
[ˈgæs] n
(US) (= gasoline) → essence f
to step on the gas (mainly US) (= go faster) → appuyer sur le champignon
to step on the gas (mainly US) (= go faster) → appuyer sur le champignon
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gas
n
(Mil) → (Gift)gas nt
(US Med: = wind) → Blähungen pl
vt → vergasen; they were gassed during their sleep (accidentally) → sie starben im Schlaf an Gasvergiftung; to gas oneself → den Gashahn aufdrehen, sich mit Gas vergiften
gas
in cpds → Gas-;gasbag
n (inf) → Quasselstrippe f (inf)
gas bracket
gas chamber
n → Gaskammer f
gas cooker
n → Gasherd m
gas engine
n → Gasmaschine f → or -motor m
gas
:gas field
n → Erdgasfeld nt
gas fire
n → Gasofen m
gas-fired
gas fitter
n → Gasinstallateur(in) m(f)
gas fittings
pl → Gasgeräte pl
gas fixture
n → fest installiertes Gasgerät
gas guzzler
n (esp US inf) → Säufer m, → Benzinschlucker m (inf)
gas
:gas heater
n → Gasofen m
gasholder
n → Gasometer m, → (Groß)gasbehälter m
gas jet
n → Gasdüse f
gas
:gas lamp
n → Gaslampe f; (in streets) → Gaslaterne f
gas lighter
n
→ Gasanzünder m
(for cigarettes etc) → Gasfeuerzeug nt
gas lighting
n → Gasbeleuchtung f
gas-lit
adj → mit Gasbeleuchtung
gas main
n → Gasleitung f
gasman
n → Gasmann m (inf)
gas mantle
n → (Gas)glühstrumpf m
gas mask
n → Gasmaske f
gas meter
n → Gaszähler m → or -uhr f
gas
:gas-permeable
adj lenses → gasdurchlässig
gas pipe
n → Gasrohr nt → or -leitung f
gas plasma
n → Gasplasma nt
gas pump
n (US) → Zapfsäule f
gas ring
n → Gasbrenner m; (portable) → Gaskocher m
gas station
n (US) → Tankstelle f
gas
:gas tank
n (US) → Benzintank m
gas tap
n → Gashahn m
gastight
adj → gasdicht
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gas
[gæs]1. n
b. (Am) (also gasoline) → benzina
2. vt (person) → asfissiare (col gas) (Mil) → uccidere col gas asfissiante, gassare
to gas o.s. → asfissiarsi, suicidarsi col gas
to gas o.s. → asfissiarsi, suicidarsi col gas
3. vi (fam) (chatter) → chiacchierare, cianciare
4. adj (industry, pipe) → del gas
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gas
(gӕs) noun1. a substance like air. Oxygen is a gas.
2. any gas which is used for heating, cooking etc.
3. a gas which is used by dentists as an anaesthetic.
4. a poisonous or irritating gas used in war etc. The police used tear gas to control the riot.
verb – past tense, past participle gassed – to poison or kill (a person or animal) with gas. He was gassed during World War I.
gaseous (ˈgӕsiəs) adjective of or like (a) gas. a gaseous substance.
ˈgassy adjective full of gas. gassy lemonade.
ˈgassiness noungas chamber
a room in which people are killed by means of gas. Many people were sent to the gas chamber in World War II.
gas mask something which is used to cover the face to prevent a person breathing poisonous gas.
gas meter an instrument which measures the amount of gas which is used.
gasoline, gasolene (ˈgӕsəliːn) noun (American. also gas) petrol.
gas station (American) a petrol station.
ˈgasworks noun singular a place where gas is made. The gasworks is rather an ugly building.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
gas
→ غَاز plyn gas Gas αέριο gas kaasu gaz plin gas ガス 가스 gas gass gaz gás газ gas แก๊ซ gaz khí ga 煤气Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
gas
n. gas, sustancia con propiedades de expansión indefinida;
mustard ___ → ___ de mostaza;
nerve ___ → ___ neurotóxico;
tear ___ → ___ lacrimógeno.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Is there a gas station near here? (US)
Is there a petrol station near here? (UK) - I've run out of gas (US)
I've run out of petrol (UK) - The gas has run out (US)
The petrol has run out (UK) - The gas tank is leaking (US)
The petrol tank is leaking (UK) - Do you have a refill for my gas lighter?
- Where's the gas meter? (US)
Where is the gas meter? (UK) - I can smell gas
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gas
n gas m; (US, fam) gasolina; natural — gas natural; nerve — gas neurotóxico (form), gas nervioso; tear — gas lacrimógeno; to have — tener gases; to pass — expulsar gases; Are you passing gas yet?..¿Ya está expulsando gases?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.