Meaning of "liquor" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIQUOR

Via Old French from Latin, from liquēre to be liquid.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LIQUOR

liquor  [ˈlɪkə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIQUOR

Liquor is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb liquor in English.

WHAT DOES LIQUOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Distilled beverage

A distilled beverage, spirit, liquor, or hard liquor is an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation of a mixture produced from alcoholic fermentation, such as wine. This process purifies it and removes diluting components like water, for the purpose of increasing its proportion of alcohol content. As distilled beverages contain more alcohol they are considered "harder" - in North America, the term hard liquor is used to distinguish distilled beverages from undistilled ones, which are implicitly weaker. As examples, this does not include beverages such as beer, wine, and cider, as they are fermented but not distilled. These all have relatively low alcohol content, typically less than 10%. However, brandy is a spirit, is distinct as a drink from wine, and has an ABV over 35%. Other examples of common distilled beverages include vodka, gin, tequila, rum, whisky, as well as eau de vie, baijiu, soju, aguardiente, pálinka, fernet, and slivovitz.

Definition of liquor in the English dictionary

The first definition of liquor in the dictionary is any alcoholic drink, esp spirits, or such drinks collectively. Other definition of liquor is any liquid substance, esp that in which food has been cooked. Liquor is also a solution of a pure substance in water.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LIQUOR

PRESENT

Present

I liquor

you liquor

he/she/it liquors

we liquor

you liquor

they liquor

Present continuous

I am liquoring

you are liquoring

he/she/it is liquoring

we are liquoring

you are liquoring

they are liquoring

Present perfect

I have liquored

you have liquored

he/she/it has liquored

we have liquored

you have liquored

they have liquored

Present perfect continuous

I have been liquoring

you have been liquoring

he/she/it has been liquoring

we have been liquoring

you have been liquoring

they have been liquoring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I liquored

you liquored

he/she/it liquored

we liquored

you liquored

they liquored

Past continuous

I was liquoring

you were liquoring

he/she/it was liquoring

we were liquoring

you were liquoring

they were liquoring

Past perfect

I had liquored

you had liquored

he/she/it had liquored

we had liquored

you had liquored

they had liquored

Past perfect continuous

I had been liquoring

you had been liquoring

he/she/it had been liquoring

we had been liquoring

you had been liquoring

they had been liquoring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will liquor

you will liquor

he/she/it will liquor

we will liquor

you will liquor

they will liquor

Future continuous

I will be liquoring

you will be liquoring

he/she/it will be liquoring

we will be liquoring

you will be liquoring

they will be liquoring

Future perfect

I will have liquored

you will have liquored

he/she/it will have liquored

we will have liquored

you will have liquored

they will have liquored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been liquoring

you will have been liquoring

he/she/it will have been liquoring

we will have been liquoring

you will have been liquoring

they will have been liquoring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would liquor

you would liquor

he/she/it would liquor

we would liquor

you would liquor

they would liquor

Conditional continuous

I would be liquoring

you would be liquoring

he/she/it would be liquoring

we would be liquoring

you would be liquoring

they would be liquoring

Conditional perfect

I would have liquor

you would have liquor

he/she/it would have liquor

we would have liquor

you would have liquor

they would have liquor

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been liquoring

you would have been liquoring

he/she/it would have been liquoring

we would have been liquoring

you would have been liquoring

they would have been liquoring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you liquor
we let´s liquor
you liquor

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to liquor

Past participle

liquored

Present Participle

liquoring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «LIQUOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «liquor» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of liquor

alcohol · booze · broth · drink · Dutch courage · extract · gravy · grog · infusion · intoxicant · juice · liquid · spirits · stock · strong drink

TRANSLATION OF LIQUOR

Find out the translation of liquor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of liquor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «liquor» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 白酒
• Translator English - Spanish: licor
• English: liquor
• Translator English - Hindi: शराब
• Translator English - Arabic: الخمور
• Translator English - Russian: ликер
• Translator English - Portuguese: licor
• Translator English - Bengali: পানীয়
• Translator English - French: alcool
• Translator English - Malay: Minuman keras
• Translator English - German: Schnaps
• Translator English - Japanese: 酒
• Translator English - Korean: 주류
• Translator English - Javanese: Omben-omben
• Translator English - Vietnamese: rượu
• Translator English - Tamil: மதுபான
• Translator English - Marathi: मद्य
• Translator English - Turkish: likör
• Translator English - Italian: liquore
• Translator English - Polish: ług
• Translator English - Ukrainian: лікер
• Translator English - Romanian: lichior
• Translator English - Greek: ποτό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: drank
• Translator English - Swedish: lut
• Translator English - Norwegian: brennevin

10 QUOTES WITH «LIQUOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word liquor.

1

Bud Abbott

They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately.

2

Buffalo Bill

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.

3

Al Capone

When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.

4

Drew Carey

Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.

5

Wilkie Collins

The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.

6

David Dinkins

I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.

7

Oliver Goldsmith

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

8

Tony Hillerman

Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were.

9

Thomas Jordan Jarvis

Yes, it is worse than thrown away, because every fair minded man must admit that the expenditure of this sum of money in the county for intoxicating liquor creates lawlessness, makes criminals, wrecks homes and brings trouble to innocent women and children.

10

Thomas Jordan Jarvis

I use the term bar-room to represent every means for the sale and traffic in liquor, and I earnestly appeal to the people to put an end to the traffic, no matter under what name or guise it may be carried on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIQUOR»

Discover the use of liquor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to liquor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Liquor: A Novel

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Poppy Z. Brite, 2010

Rubber Balls and Liquor

Nobody ever reads this part of the book. Somebody at the publishing house explained to me that it’s actually called the book flap. That sounded dirty, so I giggled for three hours.

Gilbert Gottfried, 2011

Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen ...

Spirits of Just Men tells the story of moonshine in 1930s America, as seen through the remarkable location of Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "moonshine capital of the world.

Charles Dillard Thompson, 2011

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Malt Liquor Beer Drinking Behavior ...

Alcohol use continues to be one of the most serious and complex social and health-related problems affecting the African American community today.

Didra Brown Taylor, 2000

Liquor in the Land of the Lost Cause: Southern White ...

In Liquor in the Land of the Lost Cause: Southern White Evangelicals and the Prohibition Movement, Joe L. Coker examines the tactics and results of temperance reformers between 1880 and 1915.

Joe L. Coker, 2007

Pot liquor

Hidden in shared stories and passed-down advice are life lessons that you can learn from without experiencing the pain. Like a full course spiritual meal, Pot Liquor is guaranteed to feed your soul and keep you coming back for more!

Millicent Thompson, 1998

Pot Liquor Baby to One of the Chosin Few

This is a story about Charles W. Anderson and his journey from a pot liquor baby to one of the Chosin Few in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir, one of the most memorable battles for the 1st Marine Division in the first year of the Korean ...

Charles Anderson, Gordon Lightfoot, 2012

The Importance of Pot Liquor

This was called pot liquor. Now, this pot liquor was not thrown away but simply added to other pot liquor from meat and beans. Once it was heated, cornmeal or flour was dropped into the boiling mixture. When the meal or flour was done, ...

Jackie Torrence, 1994

The Upstart Guide to Owning and Managing a Bar Or Tavern

Beyond that, they may be subdivided price- wise, according to the number of liquor ingredients they contain, such as one-liquor drinks or two-liquor drinks. Drink prices also may vary according to the quality of the liquor requested. A martini ...

Roy Alonzo, 2006

Analytical Methods in Wood Chemistry, Pulping, and Papermaking

7.4.1 Kraft Black Liquors The white liquor is mainly composed of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium sulfide (Na2S) in addition to some sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and sodium salts of oxidized sulfur-containing anions ( Rydholm 1965; ...

Eero Sjöström, Raimo Alen, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIQUOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term liquor is used in the context of the following news items.

Drink of the Week: Jeppson's Malort liquor, with a cocktail recipe …

The light, golden liquor is smooth, with an impressive, lingering bitterness reminiscent of grapefruit rind. The best way to consume the stuff is ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»

Gov. Hogan signs bill to allow Sunday liquor sale in Prince George's …

Prince George's County will now permit some liquor stores to sell liquor on Sundays after Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill April 14 ending ... «Diamondback Online, Jul 15»

Burglars break into Rochester liquor store - Post-Bulletin

Officers were sent to Apollo Liquor Northeast, 2477 Clare Lane NE, in response to an alarm at 1:35 a.m. after thieves threw a rock through the ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»

State liquor store workers to get pay raises | Deseret News

The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will raise the minimum salary levels for the liquor store manager, assistant store manager and ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»

Expert says cargo of liquor stolen in Athens most likely in South …

The $100,000 worth of liquor and wine aboard a tractor-trailer rig that was stolen in Athens on June 27 was most likely taken to South Florida by ... «Online Athens, Jul 15»

Liquor Lawsuits On Tap For Greeneville Meeting Tuesday - The …

Mediated negotiations between the the Town of Greeneville and all six local liquor stores will be a topic of discussion for the Board of Mayor ... «Greeneville Sun, Jul 15»

Capitol Confidential » Cuomo names new state Liquor Authority CEO

Andrew Cuomo has named a new top executive at the State Liquor Authority. Kerri O'Brien, who has served as deputy commissioner of ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»

Liquor Licenses | The Columbian

The following have applied to the Washington state Liquor Control Board: Maninder Singh, for a license to sell beer and wine at 7-Eleven, ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»

Loveland Starbucks could offer liquor - Loveland Reporter-Herald

At least seven Colorado locations are seeking liquor licenses, according to a story last month in The Denver Post. And Aimee Jensen, deputy ... «Loveland Reporter-Herald, Jul 15»

Multiple shots fired Sunday in Springfield liquor store parking lot …

The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office was investigating a shooting Sunday evening in the parking lot of The Crossing Too liquor store on Clear ... «The State Journal-Register, Jul 15»