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DELIQUESCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does deliquesce mean?

• DELIQUESCE (verb)
The verb DELIQUESCE has 2 senses:

1. melt away in the process of decay
2. melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

Familiarity information: DELIQUESCE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DELIQUESCE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Melt away in the process of decay

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The fungi eventually deliquesced

Hypernyms (to "deliquesce" is one way to...):

decay (undergo decay or decomposition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

deliquesce ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

this type of salt deliquesces easily

Hypernyms (to "deliquesce" is one way to...):

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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