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Meaning gas meaning

What does gas mean?
Definitions in simple English

gas Noun

— A gas is a substance, such as air, that is not liquid or solid. The sun is a giant ball of gas. The carbon dioxide gas in Coke and other soft drinks gives them their bubbles. The workers appear to have been killed by a poisonous gas. — Gas is a substance such as methane, ethane, propane, or butane that is burned for heat or to make electricity. Our house has gas-fired central heating. In the winter, we pay more for gas and electricity. Alberta's economy is based largely on oil and gas. — In North America, gas is short for gasoline, a liquid that is used by cars. A small car like mine holds about 40 litres of gas. — In North America, the gas is the gas pedal (accelerator) in a car or truck. We're in a hurry, so hit the gas. — In North America, if you have gas, you have the need to fart or burp a lot.

gas Verb

— If you gas a person or animal, you poison it or put it to sleep with gas. The mice were gassed and then cut open to examine any changes. My friend was gassed at the dentist before getting his tooth pulled. — If you gas up a vehicle, you put fuel in it. As soon as the planes land, we gas them up and they're ready to go again.

gas

— noun the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container — noun a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely — noun (= gasoline) a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines — verb attack with gas; subject to gas fumes The despot gassed the rebellious tribes — noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal — noun (= throttle) a pedal that controls the throttle valve he stepped on the gas — noun (= natural gas) a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes — verb (= boast) show off

Synonyms gas synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as gas?

gas English » English

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GAS English » English

gasometer gas.

Topics gas topics

What do people use gas to talk about?
Daily life Fire

Fuel
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Gas
Person Body Internal organs

Stomach
Person Body functions

Defecate, feces
Universe, creation World

Solid, liquid, gas
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Oil
Person Healthy Disease

Stomach illness
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with chemicals
Social behavior Law Punish

Execute
Daily life Fire

Fireplace
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with oil and gas
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by land

Vehicle

Conjugation gas conjugation

How do you conjugate gas?

gas · verb

Examples gas examples

How do I use gas in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My car burns a lot of gas.
We ran out of gas on the way there.
Gas seems to be escaping from the pipe.
Large cars use lots of gas.
The price of gas is rising.
Coal and natural gas are natural fuels.
The policeman is wearing a gas mask.
What stench! Do you suffer from gas?
How much does a gallon of gas cost in Boston?
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the only factors that can account for the observed warming over the last century; there are no credible alternative human or natural explanations supported by the observational evidence.
Algeria sells oil and gas.
I need to put some gas in the car, as it's almost empty.
Gas was escaping from a crack in the pipe.
Where do I pay for the gas?
That would lead to the production of more carbon dioxide, the main gas responsible for global warming.
No sooner had I entered the room than I noticed the smell not only of tobacco but of gas.
The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.
This is the pipeline which supplies the town with gas.
Is gas available in this neighborhood?
Is there a gas station around here?
This room smells of gas.
The other day I ran out of gas in the middle of a busy Interstate.
This car runs on natural gas.
Don't forget to turn off the gas before you leave the house.
I was almost home when the car ran out of gas.
The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.
This gas gives off a bad smell.

Movie subtitles

Most of the worlds we've found are gas giants, which probably couldn't support life.
They're large balls of hydrogen and helium gas, like Jupiter and saturn.
But there was also a lot of the greenhouse gas water vapour in the atmosphere, which blanketed and heated the planet.
On Earth, much of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is chemically bound to the rocks.
On Earth, methane is a flammable gas, but the temperatures on Titan are so cold, minus 1 80 degrees Celsius, that the methane can form liquid.
Titan actually has lakes, rain and rivers made of liquid natural gas, liquid methane.
It uses a lot of gunpowder but then compresses hydrogen gas, and then it's released, and then the hydrogen gas expands.
I got it at the gas station, but in the ten-dollar bin.
Nurse Crane needs fresh gas and air and an extra pair of hands at Mrs Antoine's.
You said someone was coming with more gas.
Where've you been with that gas?
Before we both find ourselves in need of gas and air!
And what's worse, they keep running out of gas and getting jammed, in the most awkward positions.
That was a first indication that our Galaxy has indeed spiral arms of hydrogen gas.
We made a three dimensional map of the distribution of hydrogen gas in the Galaxy.
The triumphal point of the diagram is that you can clearly see that the hydrogen gas in the Galaxy is distributed in spiral arms.
The gas company turned it off.
He don't have to waste his time on cheap gas stations.
You can't just wrap a gas hose around your neck every morning!
I thought I smelled gas.
They haven't even the decency to leave enough for the gas bill.
It's better than gas or the river.
What has gas or the river to do with you?
We're out of gas.
They're out of gas.
Step on the gas, will you?
Fill it with gas.
I ran out of gas.
So, um. clearly someone has passed gas.
I never wanted to know this much about gas chromatography or gear lubricants but I think Mr. Reddington is onto something.
That's that good Gulf gas.
And I know all the answers about running out of gas too.
When I see a good looking guy like you in a fancy car sitting next to an old bag you can tell me 'she's your cousin' and that you've been saving up to pay for the gas.
Look at that gas lamp.
Run out of gas?
But this poison gas gives us security.

News and current affairs

The global companies operating in the delta have spilled oil and flared natural gas for decades, without regard for the natural environment and the communities impoverished and poisoned by their actions.
Russia's economy is more dependent on gas and oil than ever before.
The British government recently issued the most comprehensive study to date of the economic costs and risks of global warming, and of measures that might reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in the hope of averting some of the direst consequences.
The US subsidizes corn-based ethanol, and imposes tariffs on sugar-based ethanol; hidden in the tax code are billions of dollars of subsidies to the oil and gas industries.
The collapse of world oil and gas prices has wounded Russia's budget, and lack of investment in the country's energy sector over the years is now causing the declining production that economists have long predicted.
It is important to acknowledge that some adaptation strategies will lead to more greenhouse-gas emissions.
Developing nations are grasping just how outrageous the current distribution of greenhouse-gas emissions really is.
US per capita greenhouse gas emissions, already the highest of any major nation when Bush took office, have continued to rise.
China and India claim the right to proceed with industrialization and development as the developed nations did, unhampered by limits on their greenhouse gas emissions.
This year or next, China will overtake the US as the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter - on a national, rather than a per capita basis, of course.
Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share.
The fairness of giving every person on earth an equal share of the atmosphere's capacity to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions is difficult to deny.
For starters, fracking has caused gas prices to drop dramatically.
Adjusted for inflation, gas has not been this cheap for the past 35 years, with the price this year 3-5 times lower than it was in the mid-2000's.
In Europe, the Kremlin has been able to pursue a successful divide-and-rule strategy, particularly in view of Hungary's decision to suspend gas flows to Ukraine.
Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share. Finally, allow countries that need a higher quota to buy it from those that emit less than their quota.
The fairness of giving every person on earth an equal share of the atmosphere's capacity to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions is difficult to deny. Why should anyone have a greater entitlement than others to use the earth's atmosphere?
Oil, gas, and mining generate billions of dollars per year for governments and companies.
In these countries, many of which are rich in oil and gas, citizens are staging protests against corruption and political repression.
Meles will be sorely missed in Hargeisa, as he planned to run a Chinese-financed gas pipeline through Somaliland territory from the Ogaden to the coast.
Other resources like fuel oil, diesel, light crude, solar, and gas are also available as means of electricity generation, but their costs are all quite prohibitive.
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