gases

/ˈɡæsɪz/

noun

1
Matter in a state intermediate 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.
“A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.”
2
A chemical element or compound in such a state.
“The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.”
3
A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
“Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.”
4
A hob on a gas cooker.
“She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.”
5
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.”
6
A humorous or entertaining event or person.
“He is such a gas!”
7
Frothy talk; chatter.
8
A fastball.
“The closer threw him nothing but gas.”
9
Arterial or venous blood gas.
10
Marijuana, typically of high quality.

1
To kill with poisonous gas.
2
To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
3
To impose upon by talking boastfully.
4
To emit gas.
“The battery cell was gassing.”
5
To impregnate with gas.
“to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder”
6
To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
“to gas thread”

1
To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
“The cops are coming. Gas it!”
2
To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

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