gas

1. gas (noun) — sense 1

Definition: 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.

Example: A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.

2. gas (noun) — sense 2

Definition: 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.

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

3. gas (noun) — sense 3

Definition: 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.: Poison gas.

Example: The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.

4. gas (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To attack or kill with poison gas.

Example: The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

5. gas (verb) — sense 5

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

Example: "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."

6. gas (verb) — sense 6

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

Example: […] (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. […]”

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