Definitions
Gases - as a noun
Matter 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.
Example: "A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder."
A chemical element or compound in such a state.
Example: "The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases."
A 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.
Example: "Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones."
A hob on a gas cooker.
Example: "She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven."
Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.
Example: "My tummy hurts so bad, i have gas."
A humorous or entertaining event or person.
Example: "He is such a gas!"
Frothy talk; chatter.
A fastball.
Example: "The closer threw him nothing but gas."
Arterial or venous blood gas.
Marijuana, typically of high quality.
Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
Gas pedal.
Gases - as a verb
To kill with poisonous gas.
To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
To impose upon by talking boastfully.
To emit gas.
Example: "The battery cell was gassing."
To impregnate with gas.
Example: "To gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder"
To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
Example: "To gas thread"
To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
Example: "The cops are coming. gas it!"
To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
GASES has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.
GASES has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
GASES has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
