Definizione monolingua

gas

gas (third-person singular simple present gases, present participle gassing, simple past and past participle gassed)

1. To kill with poisonous gas.
2. To talk, chat.
3. To emit gas.

   The battery cell was gassing.

gas (countable and uncountable; plural gases)

1. (uncountable, chemistry) 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. (countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.

   The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.

3. (uncountable) 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.

   Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.

4. (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.

   She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.

5. (US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in ones belly as a result of the digestive process.

   My tummy hurts so bad, I have gas.

6. (slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

   He is such a gas!

7. (baseball) A fastball.

   The closer threw him nothing but gas.

gas (not comparable)

1. (Ireland, colloquial) comical, zany.

   Marys new boyfriend is a gas man.

   It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

Definizione dizionario gas

	gas
	state of matter
	A substance that continues to occupy in a continuous manner the whole of the space in which it is placed, however large or small this place is made, the temperature remaining constant.

	benzina
	fuel
	Carburante per motori a combustione interna consistente in idrocarburi volatili infiammabili derivata dal petrolio.
	A fuel for internal combustion engines consisting essentially of volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbons derived from crude petroleum.

asfissiare con il gas

gasificare

gassare

pedale dell'acceleratore

peto

vapore

Altri significati:

(uncountable, US) Gasoline; a derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.

(baseball) A fastball.

To emit gas.

gas (fumes)

(uncountable) 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.

(countable, chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.

(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel

gas in digestion

(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

To kill with poisonous gas.

(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.

(uncountable, chemistry) 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.

(US) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process.

(Irish, colloquial) comical, zany.

To talk, chat.

To show off.