to take in a liquid

  • 21take in — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take someone in, you allow them to stay in your house or your country, especially when they do not have anywhere to stay or are in trouble. [V n P] He persuaded Jo to take him in... [V P n (not pron)] The monastery has… …

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  • 22take up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To begin] Syn. start, initiate, commence; see begin 1 . 2. [To raise] Syn. lift, elevate, hoist; see raise 1 . 3. [To shorten] Syn. tighten, reduce, lessen; see decrease 2 . 4. [To occupy] Syn. consume, engage, fill; see… …

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  • 23liquid cork — n. a medicine that stops diarrhea. □ This nasty tasting stuff is a good liquid cork for what you have. D This liquid cork isn’t so bad if you get it good and cold before you take it …

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  • 24liquid absorbent — Chemical in liquid form which has the property to take on or absorb other fluids …

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  • 25take a leak — very informal! to pass liquid waste out of the body. I ll be back in a moment I ve gotta take a leak …

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  • 26take a pull at a bottle — drink from a bottle, sip a liquid from a bottle …

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  • 27take a leak — impolite to urinate (= pass liquid waste from your body) …

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  • 28liquid market — /ˌlɪkwɪd mɑ:kɪt/ noun a market in a security where there are enough shares available to allow sales to take place without distorting the price (the opposite is a ‘thin’ market) …

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  • 29Heavy Liquid — For the graphic novel written by Paul Pope, see Heavy Liquid (comics). Infobox Album | Name = Heavy Liquid Type = Box set Artist = The Stooges Released = 2005 Recorded = July January 1972, 1973, 1974 Genre = Protopunk Length = 5:59:00 Label =… …

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  • 30Vapor-liquid equilibrium — Vapor liquid equilibrium, abbreviated as VLE by some, is a condition where a liquid and its vapor (gas phase) are in equilibrium with each other, a condition or state where the rate of evaporation (liquid changing to vapor) equals the rate of… …

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