[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gas \gas\ ga^s, v. t. imp.  p. p. gassed ga^st; p.
   pr.  vb. n. gassing.
   1. textiles to singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove
      loose fibers; as, to gas thread.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   2. to impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in
      the manufacture of bleaching powder.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   3. to expose to a poisonous or noxious gas "the protest
      threatened to become violent, and the police gassed the
      demonstrators to force them to disperse."
      pjc
see also:
gassed gassing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gas \gas\ ga^s, n.; pl. gases ga^s"e^z. invented by
   the chemist van helmont of brussels, who died in 1644.
   1. an a"eriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists
      as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids
      supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen,
      etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become
      liquid on a reduction of temperature. in present usage,
      since all of the supposed permanent gases have been
      liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed
      nearly its original signification, and is applied to any
      substance in the elastic or a"eriform state.
      1913 webster

   2. popular usage
      a a complex mixture of gases, of which the most
          important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas,
          and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive
          distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood,
          oil, resin, etc. it gives a brilliant light when
          burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating
          purposes.
      b laughing gas.
      c any irrespirable a"eriform fluid.
          1913 webster

   3. same as gasoline; -- a shortened form. also, the
      accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term "
      step on the gas".
      pjc

   4. the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term
      " step on the gas".
      pjc

   5. same as natural gas.
      pjc

   6. an exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, the
      concert was a gas. slang
      pjc

   note: gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
         gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc.
         1913 webster

   air gas chem., a kind of gas made by forcing air through
      some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. the
      air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a
      convenient illuminating and heating agent.

   gas battery elec., a form of voltaic battery, in which
      gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active
      agents.

   gas carbon, gas coke, etc. see under carbon, coke,
      etc.

   gas coal, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high
      percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available
      for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --r. w. raymond.

   gas engine, an engine in which the motion of the piston is
      produced by the combustion or sudden production or
      expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an
      explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the
      working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an
      electric spark.
      1913 webster
see also:
gases gasoline natural gas air gas gas battery gas carbon 
gas coke carbon coke gas coal gas engine 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gas
     n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid
          states by: relatively low density and viscosity;
          relatively great expansion and contraction with changes
          in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse
          readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become
          distributed uniformly throughout any container
     2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent
        shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
     3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons hexane and
        heptane and octane etc. derived from petroleum; used
        mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines syn: gasoline,
         gasolene, petrol
     4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal syn: flatulence,
         flatulency
     5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the
        gas" syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal,
         throttle, gun
     6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and
        heating homes syn: natural gas
     v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "the despot gassed
          the rebellious tribes"
     2: show off syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
         blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
     also: gassing, gasses, gassed, gasses pl
see also:
gasoline gasolene petrol flatulence flatulency accelerator 
accelerator pedal gas pedal throttle gun natural gas 
boast tout swash shoot a line brag 
blow bluster vaunt gasconade gassing 
gasses gassed 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

246 moby thesaurus words for "gas":
   acetylene, advance against, advance upon, aerodynamics, air,
   alcohol, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, atmosphere, avgas,
   babble, babblement, baloney, bavardage, bear down upon, belch,
   benzine, best seller, bibble-babble, big hit, big talk, bilge,
   blab, blabber, blah, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, bop,
   bosh, brilliant success, briquette, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunker,
   bunkum, burnable, burp, butane, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, carbon,
   carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, cater, charcoal, chat, chatter,
   chitter-chatter, chlorine, clack, clatter, coal, coal gas,
   coal oil, coke, combustible, counterattack, crap, crude, crude oil,
   dither, dope, drive, drivel, drool, electricity, eructation,
   ethane, ethanol, ether, ethyl, ethyl gas, ethylene, fad,
   fancy talk, fart, feed, fill up, fine talk, fireball, firing,
   fish story, flammable, flammable material, flank, flapdoodle,
   flatulence, flatulency, flatuosity, flatus, fluid, fluorine,
   forage, formaldehyde, fossil oil, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope,
   gab, gabble, gas carbon, gas up, gasoline, gasser, gibber,
   gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, great success, guff, gup, gush,
   halogen gas, haver, helium, heptane, hexane, hiccup,
   high-octane gas, high-test, highfalutin, highfaluting, hit,
   hogwash, hokum, hooey, hot air, hydrogen, idle talk, illuminant,
   illuminating gas, inert gas, infiltrate, inflammable,
   inflammable material, isooctane, jabber, jaw, jazz, jet fuel,
   kerosene, killing, krypton, launch an attack, lead-free gas,
   lewisite, light source, low-lead gas, luminant, malarkey,
   march against, march upon, marsh gas, mere talk, meteoric success,
   methane, methanol, momentary success, moonshine, motor oil,
   mount an attack, mustard gas, natter, natural gas, neon, nitrogen,
   nonsense talk, octane, oil, open an offensive, oxygen, ozone,
   palaver, paraffin, patter, peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum,
   piffle, pneumatics, poison gas, poppycock, pour forth, prate,
   prating, prattle, premium gas, prittle-prattle, propane,
   propellant, provender, provision, purvey, push, radon, ramble on,
   rattle, rattle on, reel off, regular, resounding triumph, riot,
   roaring success, rock oil, rocket fuel, rot, run on, scat, sell,
   sensation, sewer gas, shit, smash, smash hit, spout, spout off,
   strike, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
   tall story, tall talk, thrust, tittle-tattle, tommyrot, top off,
   tripe, triumph, turf, twaddle, twattle, vapor, victual, waffle,
   wind, wow, xenon, yak, yakkety-yak

[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

gas as in `gas chamber' 1. interj. a term of disgust and hatred,
   implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities, thereby
   exterminating the source of irritation. "some loser just reloaded the
   system for no reason gas" 2. interj. a suggestion that someone or
   something ought to be flushed out of mercy. "the system's getting
   wedged every few minutes. gas" 3. vt. to flush sense 1. "you
   should gas that old crufty software." 4. ibm n. dead space in
   nonsequentially organized files that was occupied by data that has since
   been deleted; the compression operation that removes it is called
   `degassing' by analogy, perhaps, with the use of the same term in
   vacuum technology. 5. ibm n. empty space on a disk that has been
   clandestinely allocated against future need.


see also:
wedged flush 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

gas
     
        gnu assembler
     
     
see also:
gnu assembler 

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

gas, ks city, fips 25975
  location: 37.92271 n, 95.34470 w
  population 1990: 505 227 housing units
  area: 1.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

gas, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    556
   housing units 2000: 234
   land area 2000:     0.756417 sq. miles 1.959110 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.756417 sq. miles 1.959110 sq. km
   fips code:            25975
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             37.923851 n, 95.346168 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    gas, ks
    gas

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