Definitions for acid
acid
ac·id
Spelling: [as-id]
IPA: /ˈæs ɪd/
Acid is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 31 anagrams from letters in acid (acdi).
Definitions for acid
noun
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Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
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a substance with a sour taste.
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something, as a remark or piece of writing, that is sharp, sour, or ill-natured:
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Slang. LSD2 .
Idioms
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put on the acid, Australian Slang. to importune someone, as for money, sexual favors, or confidential information.
adjective
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Chemistry.
belonging or pertaining to acids or the anhydrides of acids.
having only a part of the hydrogen of an acid replaced by a metal or its equivalent:
having a pH value of less than 7. Compare alkaline (def 4).
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sharp or biting to the taste; tasting like vinegar; sour:
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sharp, biting, or ill-natured in mood, manner, etc.:
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Geology. containing much silica.
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Metallurgy. noting, pertaining to, or made by a process in which the lining of the furnace, or the slag that is present, functions as an acid in high-temperature reactions in taking electrons from oxide ions: usually a siliceous material, as sand or ganister.
Compare basic (def 3).
Origin of acid
1620-30; Latin acidus sour, akin to ācer sharp, acētum vinegar, acescent, acicula
Examples for acid
Your acid experiences also seem to dovetail with expanding your musical consciousness.
Twice in our conversations, which spanned two days this past week, the actors started joking about tripping on acid.
Father was workin' on the acid, that's 'ow he got 'is pisoned-leg.
I write the lyrics and work with Murv Douglas from Lords of acid.
The recent spate of acid attacks on women is only the latest manifestation of this dangerous trend.
"Very nice," said Cleopatra, trying with all her over-amuleted heart, not to be acid.
Of acid it would take 60 times the weight of the gas, or nearly 76 tons.
It is produced by the action of zinc-dust on the acid sulphite of soda.
There was no acid in the bucket, just water mixed with some cleansers, which gave the sensation of burning.
The lead salts not soluble in ether were decomposed by acid.