Shahi - A visual dictionary

See also Gas, gás, gås, gãs, gæs, gaas

(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 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. An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture (typically predominantly methane) used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating or electricity generation.
  Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.
4. 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.
5. A humorous event or person.
  He is such a gas!
6. A fastball.
  The closer threw him nothing but gas.
(verb)
1. To kill with poisonous gas.
2. To talk, chat.
3. To emit gas.
  The battery cell was gassing.

(verb)
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

(adjective)
1. comical, zany.
  Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
  It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

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