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1.nounMatter 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.nounA chemical element or compound in such a state."The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases."
3.nounA 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.nounA hob on a gas cooker."She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven."
5.nounMethane 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.nounA humorous or entertaining event or person."He is such a gas!"
7.nounFrothy talk; chatter.
8.nounA fastball."The closer threw him nothing but gas."
9.nounArterial or venous blood gas.
10.nounMarijuana, typically of high quality.
11.verbTo kill with poisonous gas.
12.verbTo talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
13.verbTo impose upon by talking boastfully.
14.verbTo emit gas."The battery cell was gassing."
15.verbTo impregnate with gas."to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder"
16.verbTo singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers."to gas thread"