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Gas
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
gases
Examples
The gas in the balloon expanded as it was heated by the sun.
Examples
Gas is often cheaper than electricity for heating homes.
03
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
04
a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
05
a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
to gas
01
to attack or expose someone or something to gas or harmful fumes
Transitive: to gas a person or place
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
gas
3rd person singular
gases
Past simple
gassed
Past participle
gassed
Examples
During the war, soldiers were tragically gassed on the battlefield.
02
to talk or chatter in a boastful, exaggerated manner
Intransitive: to gas | to gas about sth
Examples
He spent the entire evening gassing about his latest accomplishments.
gas
01
highly enjoyable, entertaining, or excellent
Slang
Grammatical Information
Examples
That new track is gas; I've been playing it all day.
Lexical Tree
gasify
gassy
gas
